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D-Day: Kagame, Tshisekedi headline peace indaba
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D-Day: Kagame, Tshisekedi headline peace indaba

Following a call from the extraordinary SADC summit held in Harare, Zimbabwe last week to restore peace in the DRC, Tanzania will host a joint peace summit of two regional blocs today. The two-day indaba ends tomorrow. DRC president Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame have reportedly confirmed attendance at the meeting, which...

Geingob museum unveiled 
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Geingob museum unveiled 

Former first lady Monica Geingos unveiled late President Hage Geingob’s vision for a presidential centre, an institution to house the legacy of Namibian leadership and governance. She revealed this during a remembrance event at State House on Tuesday, held in Geingob’s honour.  It was the late statesman’s aspiration to establish the Dr Hage Geingob Presidential...

Mbumba blows executive horn …sends Nujoma well-wishes …tells colleagues to go home gracefully
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Mbumba blows executive horn …sends Nujoma well-wishes …tells colleagues to go home gracefully

President Nangolo Mbumba reflected on Cabinet decisions made in 2024, urging politicians that these must lead to economic growth, employment-creation and poverty eradication for all citizens, including the youth. Yesterday, he presided over the first Cabinet meeting for 2025, and highlighted the importance of ethical leadership, transparency and effective governance. Heaping praise on his executive...

Mbumba reflects on Namibia’s challenges, progress
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Mbumba reflects on Namibia’s challenges, progress

President Nangolo Mbumba has acknowledged the immense challenges and profound loss Namibia faced in 2024, yet also a year that laid the groundwork for prosperity. He expressed gratitude for the international support received during difficult times. Speaking at the New Year’s greetings’ ceremony for the diplomatic corps on Friday, the Head of State highlighted key...

Geingob unites Namibia in anniversary …pain still fresh, says Geingos …people’s president remembered
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Geingob unites Namibia in anniversary …pain still fresh, says Geingos …people’s president remembered

In their unique ways, gigantic and minuscule, Namibians from all walks of life yesterday paused to reflect and pay tribute to late President Hage Geingob, exactly a year after his death. From social media posts to personal WhatsApp statuses and corporations taking out massive advertising space to documentaries which were aired the whole day, it...

Geingob gone but forgotten
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Geingob gone but forgotten

In their unique ways, gigantic and minuscule, Namibians from all walks of life today paused to reflect and pay tribute to late President Hage Geingob, exactly a year after his death. From social media posts to personal WhatsApp statuses and corporations taking outmassive advertising space for documentaries which were aired the whole day, it was...

Mbumbab ge !hū!nāsi ǁhōna ra aimâi !nariǂoade ǁkhaemâis ǀkha
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Mbumbab ge !hū!nāsi ǁhōna ra aimâi !nariǂoade ǁkhaemâis ǀkha

ǁNāpa-i ge !gôa!gôasa !auga!hūsi !nariǂoadi ǀguide senior mâisan ǂhanub din !aroma nî hâ, nēs ge kaise Namibiab di ǁhao!nâs !aroma a ǁkhīheǁkhōsa ǁhōn tsî ǁaxasin ǀguin !aromasa, presidenti berosa xu-i ra mîhesa !oa.  Nē !gā!gās ge ǁnāpab ge !Hūb di ǁÛb, Nangolo Mbumbaba sîǂkhanisa a sîǂui, ministern tsî !nakaǂnôa ministern nî nēsi ǂgurose ǂâisa ǁîn...

Geingob’s void is deeply felt
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Geingob’s void is deeply felt

It is exactly one year since the death of late president Hage Geingob, a man credited with contributing significantly to Namibia’s democratic architecture. His leadership style, marked by strategic vision and inclusivity, continues to be remembered by many who worked with him. The key figures who spoke to New Era yesterday paid tribute to his...

Geingob’s biography out tomorrow
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Geingob’s biography out tomorrow

As Namibia celebrates the life and legacy of one of its most iconic leaders, late president Hage Geingob, a biography chronicling his life and contributions to the nation will be launched in Windhoek tomorrow. The book – authored by Audrin Mathe, executive director at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology – promises to be...

SADC unites to end DRC conflict
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SADC unites to end DRC conflict

The extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has strongly condemned the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The summit, attended by Heads of State and Governments in Harare, Zimbabwe on Friday, described the attacks in the DRC as a violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered under the Luanda Process. ...