Midday outdoor celebrations in the capital were relatively peaceful as many spent the day with loved ones. Our news team visited several hangout spots.
As thousands of Namibians are in jovial holiday spirits, Christmas was like any other slow day for the homeless at Otjiwarongo. The NBC news team took time out to see how the homeless at Otavi Market and bus rank celebrated the day.
Overjoyed parents today celebrated the arrival of this year’s Christmas babies nationwide.
Namibians are urged to assist law enforcement agencies to trace illegal immigrants entering the country at undeclared crossing points.
The status of child marriages in Namibia will be determined when the study into the matter is finalised in January next year. Namibia has a framework for addressing child marriages and these include the Child Care and Protection Act, No 3 of 2015, which prohibits child marriages in traditional unions and civil marriages.
Eight hundred houses were built in Walvis Bay this year alone under Governments’ massive urban land servicing project.
Local municipalities say bureaucracy around the town planning and land approval systems are delaying the upgrading of informal settlements and derailing land ownership efforts.
Windhoek’s informal settlement residents, who live near the city’s newly constructed electricity sub-stations, will have individual electricity connections before the end of this financial year, which is March next year.
Family members of a missing tourist have arrived in Namibia to help search for their brother in the Klein Brandberg area in Uis. Thirty-seven-year-old Mark Mukosso has been missing for over a week.
The Otjozondjupa Police have vowed to be on high alert at road-safety check point across the region. The move follows the high cases of drunken driver arrests made along the B1 national road since the official opening of the festive season.
