Teargas was used to disperse members of the Namibian Police Force and members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) in what could have degenerated into a national security disaster as skirmishes broke out at the Windhoek West special vote polling station, where members of the security cluster were casting their votes. The incident, which occurred...
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Second Chance: A San father’s anguish
BEN SE KAMP – At 27, Bee Lxaise has just dropped out of school, and can no longer proceed with her grade 9 classes for this second time. The last time she was in school was in 2019 before a Zimbabwean businessman tempted her with all the sweet nothings of this world. She moved in...
Gameneni omikwa dhetu – Aasan taya indile …sho onkalo yombepo tayi geye
MAKURI – Oshigwana shAaSan yomomukunda Makuri gu li lela kuushayi moshitopolwa shOtjozondjupa otashi lala inashi kotha molwomiti dhomikwa dhomomukunda gwao ndhoka tadhi hanagulwa po koondjamba. Omuti gwomukwa ogwa talika ko ongomuti gwomwenyo, ihagu gandja owala iikulya niihemba kaakwashigwana, ashike ogwa talika ko wo ongedhidhiliko enene ndyoka hali pukulula aakongo yaaJu/’hoansi mboka ye li oludhi lwAasan...
Tsumkwe teachers still live in tents
Two years after New Era initially reported about the plight of teachers in the Tsumkwe constituency who are compelled to sleep in tents, their situation has not changed. The teachers continue confronting daily threats and uncertainties, vulnerable to the elements and the hazards associated with residing in makeshift structures outside school premises. For example, one...
Save our baobabs from elephants – San community pleads …as climate change intensifies
MAKURI – In the remote village of Makuri in the Otjozondjupa region, the San community is making a desperate attempt to protect an ancient baobab tree. Known as the “tree of life,” the baobab is a source of food, medicine and an important landmark in the forest for the Ju/’hoansi people. However, as climate change...
Business owners seize San pensioners’ grants
TSUMKWE— Many pensioners of the San community at Tsumkwe live without their national identification documents and social grant cards, which have allegedly been confiscated by local business owners. These unscrupulous businesspeople, who ply the pensioners with alcohol on credit, reportedly seize the pensioners’ entire social grants at pay points. This troubling state of affairs was...
Namibian returnees praise government for support
GAM – Namibians who recently returned from Botswana have expressed sincere gratitude to the Namibian government, and hope that more support will be extended to them at a settlement camp on the outskirts of Gam. The group of approximately 100 returnees, who fled to Botswana decades ago due to the war with colonial forces, expressed...
Tsumkwe’s medical emergency … ambulance shortage puts lives at risk
!AM Di – Residents of !AM Di, a remote village in the Tsumkwe constituency of the Otjozondjupa region, face a healthcare dilemma due to an acute shortage of ambulances. The lack of a reliable transport system to health centres has forced families into heart-wrenching situations, sometimes transporting sick relatives and family members themselves, or tragically...
Rukoro, Kaaronda gang up against inequality, division
A National Unity Democratic Organisation breakaway faction led by Barry Rukoro last week issued a rallying call for Namibians to unite for a better future. Joined by Swanu president Evalistus Kaaronda at a coalition rally held in Gam in the Otjozondjupa region, he emphasised the painful history as many Namibians still carry the legacy of land...
NNN optimistic on genocide talks …as Mbumba blows Swapo horn
Loide Jason Mulisa Simiyasa Aletta Shikololo OTJIWARONGO – Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah remains optimistic that ongoing negotiations between Namibia and Germany on the genocide issue will be concluded to the satisfaction of the descendants of the victims. She addressed a fully-packed political rally for Swapo at the Mokati Sports Stadium in Otjiwarongo on Saturday...