NAMIBIA VOTES 2024 | 91% of eligible voters have registered to participate in the Presidential and National Assembly and Elections slated for November 27.

Just as is with every eligible voter, journalists too want to exercise their rights and heeded the call to register.

The media are essential to democracy and act as a crucial watchdog to democratic elections, safeguarding the transparency of the process. 

It was the last day of the general registration of voters (GRV), and several queues were still being observed at registration points around Windhoek.

Namibia and the United States of America have been urged to re-invest in ideas that elections are about choices for the electorate and not resort to violence and other distractions.

US Ambassador Randy Berry says this is extremely important as the two countries head to the polls to elect new leadership.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Albert Kawana, has advised the police to get ready for the upcoming elections.

Dr. Kawana was speaking at the Police Force Senior Command Conference at Ongwediva. 

The Swapo Party regional coordinator, Matheus Mumbala, said during a meeting at Keetmanshoop over the weekend that the preparations for the upcoming elections in November are in full swing as the party continues to campaign for its presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. 

Speakers from diverse backgrounds at the Voters Youth Conference encouraged young people to exercise their democratic rights and register to vote in the upcoming elections.

The conference, organised by the Love Palm Charity Foundation, encouraged the young people to go out and make their mark.

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has deregistered two political parties and asked that the National Assembly withdraw MPs from those parties with immediate effect.

The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) encouraged Namibians to go out in numbers, exercise their constitutional rights, and register to vote in the November elections.

Swapo Party Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on party members to defend the foundation that paved the way for the country's hard-won independence. 

She made the call at the party's 64th-anniversary commemoration at Mariental in the Hardap Region.