The holiday season is usually a time to cash in for the business-minded, and although people leave the city, it brings a lot of benefits to hairdressers, barbers, and nail technicians, just to mention a few.
The police in Windhoek are still searching for two bodies after the heavy rains in the capital on Friday.
One is that of an 8-year-old boy who fell into a flowing river at the Grysblok riverbed in Katutura and was flushed away.
Windhoek is not entirely deserted. Although shopping malls are not as full of shoppers as one would normally see, hairdressers are kept busy.
Visibly, salons are packed with customers, either for a new haircut or having their hair done, as the mood of the festive season kicks in.
They say do good and good will come to you.
This was manifested when a 29-year-old Windhoek taxi driver, Nicco Sibolile received a generous donation of more than N$20 000 after he returned N$8 000 to a customer who had forgotten her bag in his taxi.
Ricardo Gustavo has complied with the Supreme Court order and handed himself over to the Windhoek Correctional Facility just minutes before the given deadline of 17:00.
The SADC Committee of Senior Officials of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation is meeting to discuss the political and security situation in the region.
Delegates at the 7th Swapo Party Elective Congress started arriving today from all 14 regions.
Preparations for the congress were slowly but surely gaining momentum at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek.
A 28-year-old resident of Otjomuise Extension 8 in Windhoek, Marciel Tjerivanga, died in the early hours of Sunday morning after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother at the family's home.
President Hage Geingob has urged the staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security to be vigilant against the forging and corrupt issuance of national documents.
The Central Procurement Board of Namibia has awarded 37 procurement contracts to the value of N$1.4 billion between April and September this year.
The Acting Chairperson of the board, Amon Ngavetene, revealed this at a media briefing in Windhoek.
