The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says without the final report on the boundaries, it cannot embark on the process of registering eligible voters for the Regional Council and Local Authority elections earmarked for the end of this year.

Residents of the Otjiwarongo and Grootfontein constituencies in the Otjozondjupa Region can expect to vote for their new constituency councillors in separate by-elections before June 2025. 

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is conducting a mock verification exercise of its enhanced and upgraded Integrated Mobile Voter Registration System (IMVRS).

This exercise is a key step in the preparations for the upcoming 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Secretary of the Swapo Elders Council (SEC), Mukwaita Shanyengana, urged the council members to mobilise all the eligible voters to register to participate in the November elections. 

He said this during the Council's Central Committee meeting.

The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has expressed concern over the low turnout for the general registration of voters (GRV) nationwide. 

The party urges the public to register for voter cards to participate in the upcoming November elections.

The latest voter registration data suggests Zambezi is among the regions with the lowest number of registered voters thus far.

To date, officials say the region has registered 26,000 voters out of an estimated 77,205 eligible voters in the region. 

Of the 1,731,790 Namibians eligible to vote, less than 50% (823,761) have so far registered at the different registration points across the country and at the various registration points at all Namibian diplomatic missions abroad since the start of the General Registration of Voters (GRV) on June 3 to July 6.

The Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) held a meeting with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to discuss the importance of voter registration and voter education.

With two weeks already passed in the voter registration period and only seven weeks remaining until the final deadline, concerns are growing about the low turnout on weekends at registration points in Katutura's East and Central constituencies.

The voter registration points across Windhoek are operating smoothly despite a delay in starting and minor problems with the voter card-printing machine. 

At the Khomasdal UNAM campus, the team had to be moved from the initial venue due to exam writing.