After a year of making waves in the domestic market, local demand remains elevated for the increasingly-popular JAC bakkies, specifically its range-topping, eye-popping, head-turning T9 SuperLux. Based on JAC’s third-generation international light commercial vehicle (LCV) platform, the reliable and top-performing T9 still turns heads with its attractive aesthetics, and continues to win hearts with dependable...
MARIENTAL – Hyphen Hydrogen Energy and the Hardap Regional Council on Tuesday signed an agreement at Mariental. The agreement is aimed at providing skills development, capacity building and training initiatives for the youth of the Hardap region in order to prepare them for job opportunities in the green hydrogen industry. This marks the first agreement...
Some time back, the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) embarked on a project to renovate industrial or small and medium enterprise parks countrywide. The project cost is estimated at N$15 million. Earlier this year, NIDA informed New Era that out of a total of 148 parks and business complexes constructed countrywide, only 118 are fully-operational. ...
The Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia and its joint venture partners have announced more oil and gas discoveries in an entirely new section offshore Namibia in the prolific Orange basin. A statement by Galp revealed that the new discoveries were made in the fifth well within the company’s second exploration and appraisal programme...
Seasoned videographer Hadley Mwashekeleh spent a significant part of his career documenting the Nujoma presidency. Now in retirement, he recounts his extraordinary journey with Namibia’s late Founding President Sam Nujoma, who died on 8 February. Mwashekeleh was in the thick of things, capturing Nujoma as he confronted the most tumultuous climate of Namibia’s political landscape,...
Lahja Nashuuta Household food security in the country remains fragile, with at least 1.2 million Namibians facing a hunger crisis. This is contained in a Food Security Assessment Report by the agriculture ministry, released last Friday. The main purpose of the assessment was to study the overall agricultural inputs’ situation at household and regional levels,...
Limba Mupetami Steven Klukowski //Kharas governor Aletha Frederick has described late Founding President Sam Nujoma as a revolutionary and exemplary statesman. Yesterday’s memorial service was held in his honour at J. Stephanus Stadium in Keetmanshoop. Delivering the welcoming remarks, Frederick quoted renowned orator and writer John C. Maxwell, who once said, “A leader is one...
ETUNDA – Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed disappointment over the failure to continue with key national projects initiated by Founding Father Sam Nujoma, particularly the green schemes. Speaking at his memorial service in Etunda, Omusati region last Thursday, Pohamba urged incoming president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to build on the work of her predecessors, and prioritise...
Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp, along with the ministry’s employees, yesterday laid a wreath at the Independence Memorial Museum in Windhoek in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma.Nujoma died on 8 February 2025 at the age of 95.While laying the wreath, she reflected on the significance of the tribute, describing it as a beautiful and...
Namibians living in the United States of America (USA) have paid tribute to Founding President Sam Nujoma. They said even in the diaspora, they are bound by the unwavering bond of a shared Namibian identity, carrying forward his ideals.An official memorial service in honour of Nujoma was held by the Namibian Mission in the US...