The Swapo Party Youth League has elected six candidates to send to the electoral college, known as the pot, which will be held in September. The pot is one of the biggest events on the Swapo political calendar, where members from various regions are elected to fill 96 seats on the party’s National Assembly list....
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has announced that the party will fill the vacant position of deputy leader in 2025, the party’s spokesperson Lifalaza Simataa said. Simataa told New Era that the decision is intended to ensure that the party can focus entirely on the upcoming elections, with all hands-on deck as they contest the...
The days when mothers could be dismissed from work for being pregnant, compelled to do work that is harmful to their health or that of their unborn child, or lose income during pregnancy, are over. With the ratification of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 183 of 2000 on Maternity Protection, such practices will...
The Independent Patriots for Change has commended the Electoral Commission of Namibia for a milestone achievement of registering 91% of eligible voters across Namibia and abroad. In a press statement yesterday, the IPC acknowledged that despite challenges, the ECN completed the registration process, responded to queries, and addressed challenges swiftly. The party recently concluded its...
As Swapo members gear up to compete for parliamentary seats at the electoral college, known as “the pot”, information minister Emma Theofelus’ return to Parliament may face an obstacle. Some within the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) are allegedly throwing spanners in her works. Insiders in the SPYL claim that Theofelus’ path back to Parliament...
Members of the Katutura Central Community, Evian Armando Pieters and Shonena Nathanael, disrupted the monthly council meeting on Thursday to demand disciplinary action against Zurilea Steenkamp, the senior executive of the economic and community development division, and CEO Moses Matyayi. The two young men, who burst into the meeting shouting “get out” while councillors were...
National Assembly (NA) secretary Lydia Kandetu has said parliamentarians are aware of their responsibility to declare assets and interests. The MPs are aware that through asset and interest declarations, they open themselves up for public scrutiny. She said this in response to New Era’s questions on MPs’ continued non-compliance with rules dealing with their asset...
Three months after the usual cut-off date for assets declarations of Members of Parliament, most parliamentarians are yet to declare their assets and interests. This exercise should have been done by 30 April every year. A culture of non-compliance among MPs and weak enforcement has persisted over the years, as many either fail to declare,...
After a decade at the helm of the Popular Democratic Movement and several attempts for the presidency, opposition leader McHenry Venaani is ready to hand over power to any leader capable of taking PDM to greater heights. However, for now, he will contest the upcoming presidential elections, and run one more time before bowing out....
Popular Democratic Movement secretary general Manuel Ngaringombe has dismissed allegations that the party is not in a sound financial position to hold an intra-party congress next month. “We are a serious organisation. We are not Nudo or those other small parties,” he said on Wednesday. Ngaringombe was seemingly taking a jibe at the National Unity...