Namibia, through the agriculture ministry and the directorate of veterinary services, has lifted the ban on the importation and in-transit movement of live poultry and birds from South Africa. The resumption of import of live poultry and birds from neighbouring South Africa will be strictly monitored, and importers have been urged to fully comply with...
FARM OTUVIZE – Commercial and communal farmers in the Omaheke region are feeling the effects of the ongoing drought at all levels of production after the region recorded nearly 95% of failed crop fields. Last year, the region had a total area of crop production of over 500 hectares, but the figure was cut almost...
OKAKARARA – Ageing sewage infrastructure and a growing population are some of the contributing factors to Okakarara’s continuing sewer problems, which have now become an eyesore to residents. Planned and installed about 50 years ago, the town’s sewage system was initially designed to cater for 500 houses only. However, with the growing population and the...
FARM OTJATJINGENGE – Embracing challenges, being innovative, taking calculated risks, always striving to reach new heights and collaborating with fellow farmers have kept farmer Cisca Katjatako going for the past eight years. Today, she runs and manages a hugely-successful garden at farm Otjatjingenge, which is situated some 30km from Okakarara. Here she plants and sells...
GROOTFONTEIN – Peeling walls, an excruciating stench of urine, broken taps, crumbling buildings, overflowing toilets, scattered rubbish, and hopelessness best describe the situation of squatters at Grootfontein’s Single Quarters. The living conditions at the town’s apartheid-era compounds are appalling. Over 400 families live at the decaying one-room dwellings. They were constructed by the repugnant South...
OKAKARARA – Following weeks of uncertainty, Okakarara mayor Samuelline Ngairo says they are working around the clock to ensure that the 16th edition of the Okakarara Annual Trade Fair takes place. If all goes according to the rescue operation, the trade fair will take place next month. Speaking to New Era this week, she admitted that...
OTJIWARONGO – The government, through the ministry of agriculture, continues to strengthen and roll out its livestock support programme, which aims to capacitate farmers and share modern production techniques that are resilient to climate change. Farmers in the eight regions of the country’s Northern Communal Areas (NCAs), which comprise Zambezi, Kavango East, Kavango West, Oshikoto,...
RIETFONTEIN – Just as Namibia’s agronomy sector is grappling with a fluctuating and mammoth annual import bill of over N$472 million, the National Youth Service (NYS) Production Centre at Rietfontein is rising like a phoenix, and will soon become the country’s only oasis of hope. Situated approximately 40km south of Grootfontein in the vast Otjozondjupa...
OKAKARARA – The Okakarara Annual Trade Fair, one of the country’s biggest, is facing an uncertain future because of infighting. In fact, New Era has learnt that as it currently stands, this year’s trade fair might be called off due to a lack of potential sponsors and an absence of enthusiasm from the area’s farmers,...
National Unity Democratic Organisation secretary general Josef Kauandenge will not be standing for the party’s parliamentary list in the upcoming elections. Kauandenge, who about two months ago also made a U-turn on his decision to vie for Nudo’s presidency position at the party’s planned congress, which ended in failure, said his latest decision is a...