NAMIBIAVOTES2024 | Registration and voting vital to influence country's future
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Citizens, including government officials, are focused on the voter registration process to exercise their democratic right to vote.
Citizens, including government officials, are focused on the voter registration process to exercise their democratic right to vote.
South African nationals residing in Namibia are participating in their home country's national elections.
Voting commenced on Friday and will continue until 19:00 tonight.
744 South Africans registered online in February to vote at the designated polling station in Windhoek.
595 people have registered for the Conditional Basic Income Grant at Otavi.
The Otavi Constituency Office is compiling a report for consideration by the Ministry of Gender, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare.
SIM card holders whose numbers have been deactivated after registration are seeking answers from MTC in Katima Mulilo.
They claim that their numbers were registered, only to find that their cards seem to have been blocked.
Registration of pupils in the Kavango West Region has been moving at a snail's pace.
School staff fear this may delay or interrupt teaching and learning as classes are set to commence on Monday.
Schools started with registration on Thursday.
With the extension of the SIM card registration, Kalkfeld residents are calling on Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) to visit their settlement again.
In Keetmanshoop, a last-minute surge has seen scores of residents line up at the MTC office, eager to register their SIM cards.
The scene underscores a sense of urgency, with some locals reporting waits of over three hours in long queues.
There will be no extension to the registration of SIM cards. There are only two weeks left, and once the deadline hits, service providers will suspend the numbers of all unregistered subscribers.
The Councillor of Musese Constituency in Kavango West Region, Kosmos Katura, has urged the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security to enhance civil registration outreach programmes within his constituency.