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WALVIS BAY – The six suspects accused of defrauding a 72-year-old businessman of N$29.9 million allegedly used a fraudulent quota confirmation letter under the Government Employment Redress Programme to carry out their scheme. This allegedly occurred between November 2023 and October 2024. The accused reportedly offered businessman a 40 000 metric tonne horse mackerel quota...
WALVIS BAY – The fisheries ministry says they have actively deployed its state-of-the-art patrol vessel, Anna Kakurukaze Mungunda, to curb illegal fishing along Namibia’s northeastern maritime border with Angola. Executive director of the ministry Annely Haiphene said this in response to concerns raised on social media of vessels being spotted in Namibian waters, engaging in...
WALVIS BAY – The four suspects accused of defrauding a fishing company of N$29.9 million were denied bail during their first court appearance in the Walvis Bay magistrates’ court yesterday. A fifth suspected has also been arrested and is due to appear in court soon, New Era was reliably informed. Magistrate Vicky Nicolaidis remanded the...
WALVIS BAY – Yesterday’s Erongo regional memorial service of Founding President Sam Nujoma was bittersweet. The region, where Nujoma’s political spark and zest for freedom and self-determination were first awakened, bade farewell to one of its own. A commonality could be deduced from the different speakers, each of whom perfectly located and etched Nujoma’s role...
WALVIS BAY – A Namibian and his Angolan partners have constructed a N$58 million training centre aimed at equipping locals with much-needed skills in the oil and gas sector. Walvis Bay-based professional rigger Absalom Fillipus and his Angolan partners Alberto Fiquerida and Augusto Kimbamba’s training academy – Operatec Maritime and Industrial Training College – is...
WALVIS BAY – Founding President Sam Nujoma envisioned the Port of Walvis Bay as a vital gateway, not only for Namibia, but for the entire Southern African region. This was highlighted by Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) CEO Andrew Kanime in a memorial tribute held in Nujoma’s honour on Friday. Nujoma’s unwavering commitment to regional integration...
SWAKOPMUND – In a bittersweet tale, the Erongo region will bid a farewell to Founding President Sam Nujoma at the iconic Kuisebmond Stadium in Walvis Bay. It was at this very place where, on 1 March 1994, he officially received the town back from apartheid South African rule. This marked a pivotal moment in the...
SWAKOPMUND – Andrada Mining plans to construct a second tin-processing plant in Uis. The company announced on Friday that it secured a N$46.25 million funding facility to construct the new plant, which is expected to boost tin production without disrupting existing operations. The Uis tin mine is a large open-pit mine in the western part of the Erongo region. The...
WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay fisherman Robin Montgomery (59), who viciously attacked his wheelchair-bound sister-in-law and killed her cousin, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder yesterday. Montgomery lived with the two women, Erika Montgomery (his sister-in-law) and Maria van Zyl, at Rooibank, 60 kilometres outside Walvis Bay, when the gruesome murder took place...
HENTIES BAY – The University of Namibia’s Henties Bay campus, also known as the Sam Nujoma Campus, is one of the institutions where the presence of the founding president will always be felt. Nujoma did not need an invitation to visit one of his flagship creations. Whenever he was in Henties Bay, he would simply...