The number of people with mental illnesses detained in police holding cells in Namibia's coastal towns is on the rise due to a lack of psychiatric wards.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism and various stakeholders will host the 2023 Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge at Swakopmund.

The Inspector General of the Namibian Police has called on the government to provide sufficient resources to allow the force to combat transnational organised crime in the SADC Region.

Water scarcity continues to be a challenge in some parts of the Erongo Region, and Governor Neville Andre has urged the Orano Erongo Desalination Plant to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the government to help fight the water crisis in rural areas of the region.

The Minister of Justice has urged Namibians to register their work, including trademarks, patents and copyrights - to protect these from counterfeits.

Yvonne Dausab made this call during a three-day meeting of the Judges Colloquium on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa at Swakopmund. 

The Deputy Minister of Labour, Industrialization, and Employment Creation, Hafeni Ndemula, has urged all employers to review workers' wages annually.

Ndemula, who was speaking at the commencement of Labour Day in Swakopmund, pointed out that some employers are still paying workers below the minimum wage.

The 2023 Sanlam Coastal Marathon features four race categories namely,  a five-kilometre run/walk, 10km, 21km half marathon and a full marathon.

The event is recognized as a qualifier run for two of the elite marathons in Africa, the Sanlam Cape Town marathon and the Comrades.

Swakopmund-based lawyers Mercedes Ovis and Gerhard van der Merwe said there have been notable strides in improving labour relations in the country, particularly via collective bargaining and through amendments made to the Labour Act.

This year's edition of the Nedbank Cross Country Olympic Namibian National Championships race took place over the Easter weekend at Swakopmund.

The hosting of the national mountain bike race at the town was aimed at widening the footprint of cycling in Namibia. 

The coastal towns of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund received a boost, with the arrival of more than 2 000 tourists on the Queen Mary 2 Passenger Vessel.