Hundreds of small-scale traders shut their shops and took to the streets of central Nairobi on Friday, protesting a 28 per cent rise in the customs tax.

Debate on a bill that could restrict demonstrations at certain public institutions and places that are likely to compromise national security has been postponed to September.

A series of anti-secession demonstrations, held under the Swapo Party, that have been taking place in the Zambezi Region nearly resulted in a violent confrontation this weekend at Linyanti Village.

The Construction Industry Federation held a demonstration in the capital, pleading for due recognition and support for local contractors from the government.

Demonstrators claim that the government has for years turned a blind eye to Namibian contractors' plight, leaving them without jobs.

The Christian community in Rundu, in the Kavango East Region, has joined the nationwide demonstration in denouncing the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages solemnised outside Namibia.