Bank Windhoek’s annual stakeholder engagement session took place at the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek on Tuesday. While embracing the dawn of a new era defined by artificial intelligence’s (AI) swift and seismic transformation, the event explored how AI reshapes industries, challenges old paradigms. It presents stark choices to embrace or retreat from it. “Africa stands...
Namibia’s law enforcement agencies and the office of the Prosecutor General took a significant step forward in the fight against financial crime. A two-day workshop, titled ‘Turning Financial Intelligence into Evidence – Addressing Serious, Standalone and Complex Money Laundering Cases’, was hosted this week. The event brought together key institutions involved in financial investigations and...
The dawn of modern housing has arrived for inhabitants of the local authority of Divundu who yearns for urban, -modern growth in the eastern corner of the Kavango East region. Just some few kilometres to Bwabwata National Park, Divundu in recent years has seen several infrastructure developments, including roads and a shopping mall. The latest...
KEETMANSHOOP- Being at the dawn of celebrating 35 years of Independence, residents of the //Kharas region have different views on how they felt about this achievement when New Era asked them about it. In Keetmanshoop, Erich Cloete (63) said he is fortunate to live, seeing three Presidents leading Namibia in peace and harmony and now...
Popular horseracing event, the Corridor 13 Independence Bash will take place on Saturday at the Corridor racetrack in the Omaheke Region’s Aminuis Constituency. The event, in its eighth edition, is primarily aimed at celebrating Namibia’s independence. Sae Mumbango, the competition organiser told Nampa the event is also a form of entertainment for the Aminuis residents...
President Nangolo Mbumba on Tuesday described his 13-month tenure as the most challenging period for Namibia and its people. Mbumba took over the presidency from his late predecessor Hage Geingob who died in office in February 2024. He will now complete Geingob’s five year-term on Friday, handing over the presidency to Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. “I am...
A farewell dinner was held for Otjozondjupa Governor James Uerikua, Otjozondjupa Regional Council Chairperson Marlayn Mbakera and Grootfontein Constituency Councillor Elder Filipe on Tuesday. The private event in Otjiwarongo was attended by political office bearers and close friends. Uerikua stated that his office organised and funded the dinner at a cost of N$13 000 for...
Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Emma Theofelus, has announced that 10 foreign leaders have confirmed their attendance for the inauguration of Namibia’s fifth President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on Friday. Nandi-Ndaitwah’s swearing-in coincides with Namibia’s 35th Independence celebrations, which will be held under the theme ‘Beyond 35 for a Prosperous Future.’ Speaking at the Government Information...
Namibia has been inhabited since prehistoric times by the San, Damara, and Nama. 14th Century AD – Bantu people begin to arrive during the Bantu expansion from central Africa. 18th Century – Oorlam people from Cape Colony cross the Orange River and move into southern Namibia. 1878 – The British colony of the Cape of...
Law schools encourage students to remain neutral, upholding the rule of law and advocating for justice without fear or favour. This principle lies at the heart of legal practice, where attorneys defend the accused, regardless of their personal beliefs. Recently, a prominent Namibian lawyer sparked a national debate by advocating for the decriminalisation of prostitution. ...