Governor of Khomas region Laura McLeod Katjirua has warned residents involved in illegal poaching at the Daan Viljoen Game Park, saying the culprits should refrain or face action. She game park is under constant threat from communities living in the informal settlements of Windhoek, who enter the park illegally to poach game for the pot....
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Khomas governor calls for hands-on approach
Governor of Khomas Laura McLeod Katjirua has called for officials in the region to be hands-on when it comes to monitoring, supervising and implementing capital projects. The region has about 112 capital projects, governor McLeod-Katjirua said in her state of the region address on Tuesday. Most of the projects are Windhoek-based and include the wastewater...
Groot Aub without water for days
Although this is a critical time that every town and settlement needs water to fulfil the basic hygiene requirements in light of Covid-19, the councillor of the Windhoek rural constituency Penina Inga-Ita is concerned Groot Aub settlement has been without water for the past eight days. Inga-Ita has urged the City of Windhoek to fill...
Councillor dismisses toilet report as misleading
Tobias Hainyeko constituency councillor Christoph Likuwa said an announcement this week by Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua that 65 toilets were built in the area in the current financial year, was misleading. The governor announced during her state of the region address on Tuesday that 65 toilets were constructed in the constituency through the provision of...
Omagongo faithful won’t get refunded
The chairperson of Omagongo Cultural Festival organising committee, Ananias Nashilongo, says although the annual event has been called off, there will be no monetary refunds to those who made pledges and bought gala dinner tickets. The chairperson of the festival told New Era this week that the pandemic prompted the organising committee to cancel the event until...
Minor girl dies after being run over
Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says alcohol abuse remains a serious concern after a four-year-old girl was hit by a car and killed in Windhoek. The incident happened on Sunday around 18h20 at Havana informal settlement. According to the police, the girl was walking along a sand road, between houses, when a car that...
Activist donates trough to communal farmers
Community activist Jackson Tjikomeno over the weekend donated a trough worth N$5 000 to the communal farmers of Otjaandjamwenyo village in the Ruacana constituency, Omusati region. Tjikomeno, a 25-years-old nurse at Katutura intermediate hospital told New Era over the weekend said he made that kind of donation because he has the people’s needs at heart....
Oshakatis ǀaeǁgâub ǂōǂōsib autodi ge daob ai hâ tama
Oshakatis hîa Oshana ǀkharib !nâ ǁgoes di ǂhanusi ǀaeǁgâub ge ge ǂanǂan, ǂōǂōsib !oabadi !aroma ra sîsenūhe auton ǀonǂgais ai ambulandi tsî bēgu ǀae-aon hîa kai!ā ǀaeǁgâugu, aiǁgause ǀAeǁgams khami in ǁga ǀae!khōdi !aroma ra ǁnaeǁgauhen ra !nari-ūhen ge daob ai hâs ǂgaoǀkhādi ai dīǀoaǀoa tama hâ tsî !naorasiba !khōǂgā hâ. Nē ǀaeǁgâub sîsenao-i hîa...
Oshakati hospital emergency vehicles unroadworthy
The Oshakati intermediate hospital in Oshana has revealed emergency vehicles, such as ambulances and buses, used for transporting patients from the region to referral hospitals in Windhoek, are unroadworthy and risky to drive. According to impeccable hospital sources, requesting anonymity, all five emergency car license discs expired in 2016 and have not been renewed. Drivers...
China delivers medical supplies worth N$4m
The Chinese embassy in Namibia has assisted the government with another batch of medical supplies worth N$4.3 million as part of the fight against Covid-19. The donation was handed over to health officials in Windhoek yesterday. The donated items include 150 000 surgical masks, 5 000 medical disposable protective clothing, 15 000 protective face masks...







