Southern African leaders have pledged stronger support for transboundary conservation and local community involvement in managing natural resources. This commitment was butressed during the first-ever Transfrontier Conservation Areas’ (TFCA) Summit held in Harare on Friday. It marked 25 years of collaboration on TFCAs, which are conservation zones that cross national borders to promote biodiversity protection,...
GOBABIS – A stock theft case involving five suspects arrested at Plessis Plaas in 2023, has been postponed to 2 and 3 July 2025 in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court. The suspects – 42-year-old Synanus Karukukutu Katjiutua, Paul Tjiposa(38), Mbeurora Tjomuho (31), Travold Tjandero (31) and Mosupi Udigeng (29) – appeared before Magistrate Eden Iyambo last...
WALVIS BAY – Water utility, NamWater, has assured stakeholders that the ongoing water crisis in Walvis Bay is being addressed. The town has been battling low water pressure and supply interruptions since February due to ageing infrastructure, frequent pipe bursts, and cable theft, contributing to intermittent power outages at key borehole sites. This situation has...
Mulisa Simiyasa OTJIWARONGO – Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele recently officially launched three land development activities and housing construction projects at Otjiwarongo. The projects, under the Municipality of Otjiwarongo, were launched at the Extension 16 site, where the water reticulation programme and the laying of pipelines are being conducted by the...
Charmaine Boois MARIENTAL – Taradi !Hana Xabadi was born in 2022 out of a shared love for the soil, community and sisterhood. Formed by 45 unemployed women in Mariental, this grassroots’ organisation brings together women who share backyard gardening skills, feed their families and promote financial sustainability. These remarkable women cultivate their own crops, rear...
RUNDU – Residents of Divundu village staged a peaceful demonstration on Tuesday to air their grievances against CEO Athanasius Maghumbo whom they accused of lack of public consultation on the allocation of municipal land. The concerned residents said various individuals had given up their land to make way for the growth of the local authority...
Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Herman January on Tuesday sentenced convicted murderer Henock Negodhi (46) to an effective 23 years behind bars. The judge sentenced Negodhi to 28 years but conditionally suspended five years of the sentence for five years. He said the three-and-a-half years Negodhi spent in pre-trial incarceration was of no fault of...
Namibia commemorated its first official Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday, 28 May. The day honours the memory of the Herero and Nama people who were massacred by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908. New Era journalist Lahja Nashuuta (LN) sat down with Yarukeekuro Ndorokaze (YN) – a descendant of genocide victims – to reflect...
Lahja Nashuuta In Gobabis, in the Omaheke region, lives a man who has spent more than 25 years helping children reach for a better future through education. Frans Franky van Wyk is not just a school principal at Epukiro Roman Catholic Primary School but also a teacher, mentor, regional leader and proud father. His...
The resettlement of farmers – especially those who had been dispalced for years, is always a welcome move. That is why a story like the one on today’s front page is always a good read. It’s a story of the restoration of hope by the governmnet to hundreds of farners who may find themselves in...