The National Security Guards Protection Union has called for the deregistration of security companies that refuse to implement the minimum wage come January next year.

Delegates to the General Assembly in Rietfontein also appointed an interim board, vowing to maintain their position in the ongoing struggle for control of the National Youth Council (NYC).

Delegates say they will rally behind their elected interim board, which was elected on Sunday.

The Police Inspector General has promised to intensify police visibility and community collaborations to combat farm crimes in the Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa.

The National Youth Council (NYC) has defied a directive from the Minister of Youth not to proceed with the General Assembly.

On Thursday, Minister Agnes Tjingarero dissolved the Council's board members with immediate effect.

As the festivities heat up, Omaruru Municipality has treated over 100 elderly people and people with disabilities to an early Christmas lunch and gifts.

The annual event was graced by the Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele.

President Nangolo Mbumba has commissioned two newly acquired Namibia Defence Force (NDF) aircraft to add to the Air Force fleet at Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region.

Established in 2016, Otavi's Kap n Bou informal settlement residents are saying the development of the area is drastically slow.

Although it has been declared as part of the town's location, a lack of basic services is many of the households' outcry.

Election materials are being deployed at the Otavi Depot in the Otjozondjupa Region.

According to ECN Electoral Officer Victoria Amutenya, the region has 207 teams.

Residents of Tsintsabis Settlement in Oshikoto's Guinas Constituency say they are headed to next week's polls with mixed feelings, largely disappointed with the lack of development in their area.

The community says they are tired of surviving from government handouts.

About 400 election officials from the Tsumkwe and Grootfontein clusters are receiving training.

The training coincided with the issuing of duplicate voter cards for Grootfontein and Tsumkwe constituencies.