Across Namibia's fourteen regions, nearly 5,000 people experienced gender-based violence in a single financial year — a figure now clarified by the Acting Inspector General after a widely circulated statistic of 18,500 cases was revealed to represent four years of accumulated data, not one. The correction matters not because it diminishes the problem, but because accurate understanding is the first condition of meaningful response. From the capital's Khomas Region to the quieter reaches of Kavango West, the numbers confirm what many already know: this is not an isolated crisis but a persistent
Namibia records 4,965 GBV cases in 2025/26, Khomas Region leads
Nearly 5,000 gender-based violence cases recorded across Namibia indicate widespread violence affecting thousands of victims.