BEIJING – Beijing yesterday said plans by the United States to hike tariffs on more Chinese imports “pile errors onto errors”, after Washington homed in on products including crucial solar panel components. The moves announced Wednesday by the US Trade Representative’s office cap a review of tariffs imposed during president-elect Donald Trump’s first administration. Rates...
FRANKFURT – European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said yesterday that eurozone policymakers would cut interest rates further if inflation continued to fall on its path towards the ECB’s 2% target. “If the incoming data continue to confirm our baseline, the direction of travel is clear, and we expect to lower interest rates further,” Lagarde...
A training on facilities’ management, held from 18 to 22 November 2024, in Windhoek, has been described as a resounding success, bringing together key industry leaders and professionals to enhance their skills. The training was facilitated by experts from CEA (South Africa), ensuring a high-quality learning experience for all delegates. This was the first training...
After acknowledging reports of a data exfiltration attack on Telecom Namibia, one of the country’s telecommunications operators, the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) has underscored the critical importance of robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard vital infrastructure and consumer data. Through the Namibia Cyber Security Incident Response Team (NAM-CSIRT), Cran promptly responded upon identifying the...
After almost half-a-decade of letters flying back and forth, and attempts by some media house bosses to reduce it to a briefcase entity, the Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) was yesterday certified by the Labour Commissioner. Nampu becomes Namibia’s first-ever union specifically representing and targeting issues which affect journalists and media professionals in general in...
Rudolf Gaiseb Despite the suspension of its board by youth and sports minister Agnes Tjongarero, a faction of the National Youth Council (NYC) convened its third general assembly in Rietfontein and elected a board of their own. Tjongarero, meanwhile, has appointed an interim board of her own. In essence, the NYC now has two parallel...
Marginalised communities’ deputy minister Royal ǀUiǀoǀoo has taken a swipe at businesspeople for taking advantage of vulnerable San communities by seizing their documents after giving them alcohol, food and other goods on credit. In an interview with New Era on Friday, he lashed out against the exploitation following a recent report about pensioners in the...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Electoral Court ruled on Friday that the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) must provide the Landless People’s Movement and Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) the information they seek. The LPM and the IPC want access to voting materials including the total votes cast, the total votes rejected, spoiled ballots, the total number...
Auleria Wakudumo A group of constituency IT field support officials who were appointed for 36 days during last month’s election have expressed dissatisfaction with the Electoral Commission of Namibia, claiming they were not paid what was agreed between the parties. The affected group told New Era they signed contracts to work from 9 November to...
The Republic of Korea donated N$9 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Namibia on Thursday. This donation is aimed to deliver nutrition-sensitive food through commodity vouchers, and benefit 24 493 drought affected individuals in the Hardap and Zambezi regions. In a speech read on his behalf, Deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa said the...