The ||Kharas Region has announced that it will offer free transportation for residents wishing to attend the state funeral of President Hage Geingob this Sunday.
Adman Boois, the personal assistant to ||Kharas Governor Aletha Fredrick, disclosed this arrangement during an interview with nbc News.
The prices charged by long-distance transport operators are expected to revert to normal tomorrow.
Normaly, if you are travelling between Windhoek and Mariental, the price of a seat is N$180; Windhoek to Karasburg costs N$450; Windhoek to Cape Town costs N$1000; while from Windhoek to Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, commuters can expect to fork out N$200 and N$220, respectively.
During the festive season, however, commuters and drivers were allowed to negotiate based on their pockets.
But as of Tuesday, prices are expected to normalise.
Hitch-hikers in Swakopmund find themselves in a predicament as they contend with inflated transportation prices, leaving them stranded at no-hitchhiking zones and service stations.
As the demand for travel surges during the festive season, transport owners have raised prices, leaving many people, stranded with belongings and accompanied by children, waiting for rides.
The usual hustle and bustle at taxi ranks, where seven-seaters and licensed transport vehicles pick up passengers, have now become quiet, with no cars in sight.
As the holiday season approaches, commuters at Keetmanshoop's bus terminals are facing extended waiting times.
The Ministers of Transport for Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa have inaugurated the office of the Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat (TKCS) in Windhoek.
This came after the three countries signed an agreement on the development and management of the Kalahari Corridor in 2003.
The TKCS was established and housed in Windhoek, and as a stipulation for hosting the Secretariat, the Namibian government is obliged to provide an office to be used as its headquarters.
The South African Minister of Transport, Sindisiwe Chikunga, says Africa's transport sector needs to redouble its intra-trade efforts to optimise the Trans Kalahari Corridor.
She was speaking at the Trans-Kalahari Corridor ministerial council meeting in Windhoek.
Chikunga revealed that trading among African nations stands at less than 16% in comparison with trading between Africa and the European region, which is over 75%.
Uncollected medical waste piles up at Otjiwarongo State Hospital due to a lack of transport to the nearby towns' hospitals with an incinerator.
The hospital has been struggling with disposing of medical waste since the incinerator caught fire last year November.
The cause of the fire is unknown and is still being investigated by the Ministry of Works and Transport.
The hospital then opted to transport medical waste to Outjo, Okakarara and Grootfontein hospitals for disposing of.
The Erongo Region remains an active hub of economic development as it houses key industries such as the fishing sector, mining, logistics and transport, as well as tourism.
