Residents of Katutura feel misled by the City of Windhoek and its campaign to write off the municipal bills of elderly residents.
The promised debt cancellation includes conditions of payment that residents say remain unaffordable for the elderly.
Katutura residents, mostly comprised of the elderly, marched to the Windhoek Municipality Care Centre, demanding the cancellation of high municipal bills.
The elderly came to bid farewell to the late President Dr. Hage Geingob at the final held ||Kharas Regional memorial service.
Addressing those in attendance, the Public Relations Officer for the Senior Citizen Association of Namibia, Anna Joseph, remembers the late President as an advocate for the rights of senior citizens who never shunned away from assisting the most vulnerable in society.
A Catholic nun from the Benedictine Sisters of Oshikuku decided to spread some festive season cheer to the elderly at Utokota village in Shambyu, Kavango East Region.
This is Sister Wilhelmine Mukosho.
The locals here describe her as a warm-hearted individual who will do almost anything to uplift her community.
When the nbc News team visited Utokota Village in Shambyu, Mukosho had invited the elderly from the community to take part in what she calls a belated Christmas celebration.
More than 1,500 senior citizens were treated to a Christmas lunch and received shopping vouchers to get them through the festive season by Walvis Bay Mayor Trevino Forbes.
Forbes also paid a visit to old-age homes in surrounding areas that were out of reach.
It was an atmosphere filled with music and decorations reflecting the Christmas season.
Walvis Bay Mayor Trevino Forbes stated that humanity requires one to reach out to others, particularly the vulnerable.
The government allocates close to N$4,1 million every month to support over 3000 people with disabilities in the Erongo Region.
Erongo Governor Neville Andre has, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the situation where senior citizens are left alone to care for children with disabilities.
Andre, speaking at the handover ceremony of 300 food parcels to Arandis senior citizens, emphasised that many young people lack the necessary skills to care for children with disabilities.
Back in the day, the holiday season was known as a time for families to gather and have fun.
Nowadays, some senior citizens say the season has turned into more individual vacations, with jobs taking up much of families' time.
Elisabeth Adams explains that, growing up, the festive season was an important period for families, especially on Christmas day, but these days some young people just rush off to the coast and have no time for their families.
The Bukalo Village Council has given an early Christmas to some of the elderly.
Twenty-two senior citizens received food parcels, which include 10-kilogram bags of maize meal, sugar, flour, cooking oil and rice.
The Chairperson of the Management Committee, Judith Mwilima said the money used to buy food parcels was not however enough to cater for everyone.
