SWAKOPMUND – Three more Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) heavyweights resigned from the party on Monday. They joined the ruling party, Swapo. The trio are Antonius Muremi, a member of the national executive committee, as well as the couple Launa and Imanuel Garosab, who also served in the same committee. The couple, in a letter...
SWAKOPMUND – Urgent action is needed to improve offshore safety in Namibia’s growing oil and gas sector as any lapse in health, safety and environmental standards could derail the country’s energy ambitions. This was the view of Erongo governor Neville Andre at the opening of the inaugural Offshore Safety Conference, which concluded on Friday in...
WALVIS BAY – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized a weighbridge and other assets valued at over N$2 million as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corrupt practices involving a Roads Authority (RA) official and a private supplier. The alleged corruption, according to a search warrant seen by New Era, took place between December...
WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay mayor and IPC vice president Trevino Forbes claims political interference within the municipality continues to cripple service delivery in the harbour town. Speaking during a press conference on Saturday, Forbes said it has become increasingly difficult for council to deliver proper services due to what he described as “deliberate sabotage”....
WALVIS BAY – Seven people died as a result of vehicle accidents and suicide over the long weekend, while one person is reportedly missing in the Erongo region. A driver has been charged with culpable homicide as well as drunk driving after being involved in an accident that killed five people on the Karibib-Okahandja road....
SWAKOPMUND – Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) president Samuel !Oë-Amseb has reignited the debate around the recognition and treatment of local authority councillors, calling for them to be granted VIP status like national and regional leaders. He made this call during the ALAN conference held last week in Swakopmund. !Oë-Amseb said councillors...
WALVIS BAY – The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) says it is unmoved by the recent resignation of three prominent members from the Erongo region, claiming their departure was motivated by personal ambition rather than ideological differences. The three former members — Taapopi Shikongo, who was IPC’s Walvis Bay Urban constituency chairperson and regional executive...
WALVIS BAY – The Namibian Public Workers Union (Napwu) has urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform to prioritise the financial sustainability of the Fisheries Observer Agency (FOA), warning that stagnant salaries and outdated funding threaten the agency’s critical operations. The FOA was established in May 2002 under the Marine Resources Act...
UIS – Tension between the Daure Daman Traditional Authority and a group of disgruntled community members took a violent turn on Tuesday afternoon at Uis when at least seven people were arrested after clashing with the Namibian Police, who were enforcing a court order. Among those arrested is an activist from Uis, who allegedly threw...
TSOAXUBAMS – !Nakaǂnôa ministers, kai!ā tsî !garo!ā omkhâis dis, Eveline !Nawases-Taeyeles ge ra mî, !khāǂoa ra mâsib, marin ra ǁgauo!nâse tsî ǂhâbasa tama ǀgaugu !nâ sîsenūhes tsî ǂgiǂgosisets a tarisa aimâis tsîn ge ǂgaoǀkhāsa !gao!gao !oabade !hūb a ǂhabase māsa ra !hâumâi. Nē mâsib ge, ministers ra mîsa !oa Namibiaǁîna ǂhâbasa !oabade ra ǀhana. “ǀKharisi...