Some Walvis Bay residents have rejected a proposal by the municipality to introduce shack levies.
Walvis Bay is confronted by a high demand for serviced land, which the council is struggling to provide. As a result, there are reportedly thousands of residents who live in backyard shacks.
Erongo residents convened in numbers at Walvis Bay to pay their last respects to the late Founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma.
Hundreds of mourners from the Erongo and Kunene regions flocked to the Kuisebmond stadium where the memorial service took place.
The Namibian police have reported the murder of a 42-year-old man in Bethanie’s Riverside location.
The victim was stabbed by a 26-year-old suspect who was taken into custody.
In Keetmanshoop’s Tseiblaagte area, a 40-year-old man died following a stabbing incident at a bar.
The Police at Walvis Bay fatally shot Jeremiah Kristof when he allegedly threatened to attack them with an unknown object following a housebreaking incident at Kuisebmond.
