A heated debate ensued in the National Assembly as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Lucia Witbooi, rejected amendments proposed by the National Council to the Marriage Bill.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security has reiterated its call to those who do not have identity documents to take advantage of the mass registration programme.

So far, 34,802 people have acquired national documents since the programme's introduction.

Chaos erupted at the Ondangwa National Youth Service Centre, where a group of 73 Angolan children who have been selling items in the corridors of Namibia are housed.

The children were rounded up from Oshana, Erongo, |Khomas and parts of Oshikoto Regions.

Swapo Party Politburo and Central Committee member, Lucia Witbooi, has urged party members to campaign for an outright majority in the November national elections. 

She made the call at the opening of the ||Kharas Swapo Party regional executive meeting in Keetmanshoop.

The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security says birth registration is a human right. Hence, parents should ensure that they register their children as soon as they are born. 

The Swapo Party in the ||Kharas Region introduced its newly assigned and reassigned leadership, with Lucia Witbooi as Chairperson.

The Swapo Party MP Lucia Witbooi has withdrawn from the race for the Party's Deputy-Secretary General position.

Witbooi however remains a candidate for the Swapo Party Central Committee.