All People’s Party (APP) says come November, it will focus its energy more on local authorities’ elections instead of constituency contestation as its too costly for them. APP secretary general Vincent Kanyetu yesterday told New Era they are finalising the nomination candidate lists to take part in the local authority elections. “We are going to...
Ndango zaBukalo zodoropa kazitulire Chester Likando asi yige munamberewa kurona gokukwateramo, mosiruwo oso vana kara nelikwamo lyokupapara ogu nagusa nye sirugana sina somukurona momberewa zodoropa zina. Eyi kuna wizirepo sinkwa ntani kwedi kakupwire omu mukurona pamberewa Martin Limbo, ganyokere kutunda momberewa, nampili ngomu gayimwene asi ekuto lyendi mosirugana kwahege mokwedi kwaKudumonkuru. Ano ngesi apa tuna...
Despite the good rains received in the region, people of Impalila Island are being terrorised by the huge number of elephants crossing into the island from neighbouring Botswana. It has been noted that over 100 elephants are roaming the 15.5 square kilometres inhabited by close to 2 500 residents. In an interview yesterday, Kabbe South...
With the escalating Covid-19 positive cases that surpassed 1 300 in Namibia, the Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) yesterday threatened to invoke the Labour Act of 2007, section 42 that deals with employee’s right to leave a dangerous place of work. TUN secretary general Mahongora Kavihuha yesterday said the union would exploit all the possible...
The Omaheke Regional Council said a contractor, appointed to drill, install and rehabilitate boreholes in the region as part of government’s drought intervention, is making progress and has been given until end of August to finish the work. The contractor has, so far, drilled eight boreholes out of the envisaged 28 boreholes, while 20 boreholes...
Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga has vowed everyone who aided and harboured Immanuel David, a Namibian-born South African passport holder, who entered the country illegally on 12 June by crossing the Orange River in a canoe, will be charged. David tested positive for the coronavirus. He snuck into the country, allegedly with the help of a...
The Bukalo village council has appointed Chester Likando as acting CEO, while they try to find a suitable candidate for the top executive job. This comes after nearly a month when the former CEO, Martin Limbo, had allegedly refused to vacate office, despite his contract having ended in May. Limbo, however, finally handed over the...
Education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp said every teacher must have an academic recovery plan in order to accommodate pupils who could not resume face-to-face classes to catch up with others. Since the resumption of face-to-face for pre-primary to grade 3 learners last week, many schools countrywide failed to meet the Covid-19 health protocol requirements,...
Local players in the tourism industry fear for the worst, saying the sector could be lost after a targeted international tourism revival initiative, which was due to start this week until 15 August, seemingly fell through. The Federation of Namibian Tourism Associations (Fenata), in a statement yesterday, said the current silence and inaction on the...
Tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta yesterday said although the government was hopeful of allowing an earlier phased opening of inbound tourists into the country, it was not practical to quarantine them for 14 days. The Cabinet is expected to make an announcement on the final modalities regarding the targeted international tourism revival initiative, which was expected...