TSES – Transport minister John Mutorwa said apart from transporting goods and services, roads are a link between people to share their traditions and cultures in Namibia. He said this while inaugurating the recently- rehabilitated TR1/3 section of the B1 road stretching between Tses (//Kharas region) and the Gochas intersection (Hardap region) earlier this week. ...
KEETMANSHOOP -Thirty reed houses burnt down to ashes last weekend at Farm Komsberg in the Ariamsvlei district. Karasburg East constituency councillor Anseline Beukes said it is alleged that a bypasser unintentionally dropped a cigarette bud at an unoccupied shack where the fire started. “Apart from furniture, clothing and food, national documents like IDs, birth certificates...
GOCHAS – Acting Gochas village council CEO Patricia Ipinge said despite the myriad challenges they face, the local authority is on the right developmental trajectory. She made these remarks during New Era’s recent visit to the village, situated 110 km east of Gibeon in the Hardap region. The publication sought to touch base with the...
KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop Rural constituency councillor Willem Labuschagne has appealed to information minister Emma Theofelus to endorse satellite broadband service provider Starlink’s application to the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran). He made this call when he was delivering the welcoming remarks during a PowerCom groundbreaking ceremony for erecting a communication tower at Farm Howobees...
KEETMANSHOOP- Clementia Coetzee and Simon Nambodi completed the list of delegates from //Kharas region who will compete at Swapo’s electoral college, known as the ‘pot’. In total, nine delegates will represent the region at the upcoming electoral college, slated for 7-9 September. The much-anticipated indaba will be held in Windhoek. They were elected during a...
FARM HOWOBEES – PowerCom CEO Beatus Amadhila says network coverage is no longer a luxury for citizens, but a right that must be enjoyed by all Namibians wherever they find themselves. He informed stakeholders present during the ground breaking ceremony of the entity’s erection of a communication tower at Howobees recently. The tower is situated...
Mariental – Hardap governor Salomon April said they have put measures in place for his region to mitigate the effects of the drought the country is experiencing. “The country is facing its worst drought in a century, and the situation is alarming in that it has resulted in poor crop performance and rangeland conditions,” he...
KEETMANSHOOP – Notwithstanding a snub by the Landless People’s Movement, //Kharas governor Aletha Frederick on Tuesday delivered her ultimate State of the Region Address. A day earlier, LPM’s //Kharas Regional Council chairperson, Joseph Isaacks, declined an invitation from Frederick to attend the Sora. She was unfazed. “It is namely to report on the development programmes...
Mariental- Ndango zodoropa zaMariental sikondovike, mokumudiworoka kweyigaruganena vatungimo modoropa ezi, awo kavatumbwirenye nzira zimwe ndi asi sitarata simwe nguuru gwanare gomukunda horowero gwaHardap ntani ministera gwanare gerongo Katrina Hanse –Himarwa.mureti ndi asi mukadi tupu, Mombudi zendi ezi kageve Ministeragona gonodoropa ntani ekuli nomukunda Evelyne Nawases-Tayele katente asi kufumadeka muntu gwangesi kuna kumoneka nawa nawa asi...
MARIENTAL – The Mariental Town Council last week, in recognition of the positive impact on residents of the town, renamed a street after former Hardap governor and education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa. In her keynote address, Urban and Rural Development deputy minister Evelyne Nawases-Tayele said renaming streets after individuals is a clear demonstration of the fruitful...