As Namibia prepares to mark 36 years of independence, celebrations are taking place across the country, including within correctional facilities.
At the Windhoek Correctional Facility, inmates and officials gathered for a pre-independence celebration centred on reflection, dignity, and nation-building.
The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) has cancelled plans to relocate Fishrot corruption-accused inmates from single cells in C-Section to Echo Section at Windhoek Correctional Facility.
The Windhoek Correctional Facility has initiated another attempt to separate multiple Fishrot accused, who are currently housed together in the same unit.
The move comes weeks after the High Court found that the facility acted incorrectly by relocating them unilaterally.
Eighteen inmates at the Windhoek Correctional Facility have taken the Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service to court, saying decisions taken by new officials at the facility have made it difficult for them to continue with their tertiary studies.
For inmates at Windhoek Correctional Facility, Christmas is often the hardest time of year, reminding them of loved ones and familiar traditions that define the festive season.
One of the Caprivi treason convicts, Geoffrey Mwilima, was released from the Windhoek Correctional Facility today.
Mwilima was arrested in 1999 at the age of 43.
The Fishrot accused have made another attempt to challenge the decision by corrections authorities to transfer them to a public space within the Windhoek Correctional Facility, where they would be housed with the general population. They approached the Windhoek High Court for this purpose.
Cannabis activist Brian Jaftha, currently incarcerated at the Windhoek Correctional Facility, started a hunger strike on Tuesday in protest against cannabis laws and the treatment of the Rastafari community.
The Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Joseph Shikongo, has confirmed the arrest of Agriculture Minister Mac Hengari and another individual.
Shikongo told NBC News that they apprehended Hengari on Saturday afternoon.
The Fishrot accused will hear today if their case will continue to be heard at the Otjozondjupa Courtroom, which is situated at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
