Iuze Mukube A contention over the chain of custody of blood samples collected from the home of the murdered NamPower employee was made yesterday in the Windhoek High Court. The deceased, Benjamin Silombela (41), allegedly died due to suffocation after a couple, Jorene Bezuidenhout (28) and Muningandu Kaapama (29), robbed him and left him tied...
DOUALA – Cameroon’s elderly president Paul Biya was absent from the country on Sunday as campaigning kicked into high gear for 12 October polls to decide who will fill his position. The 92-year-old – the world’s oldest head of state, in power since 1982 – is seeking an eighth term in office. But he left...
Kaviveterue Virere A 31-year-old man died after a house he was in was gutted by fire at Outjo over the weekend. The fire was reportedly caused by a cellphone charger that exploded. According to the police, the victim, identified as Wenfrey Useb, re-entered the burning house in an attempt to rescue children but succumbed to...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Epukiro-based football team Kalkpan lost two of its prominent figures, Chief Aron Turi Murise and Simon SK Katjivikua, in the Omaheke region last week. New Era Sport caught up with Kalkpan members, who shared disbelief and shock about the loss of the duo. Leading the pack was Akas Katjiteo, who said the two...
KATIMA MULILO – Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has assured the people of the Zambezi region that the government will continue to ensure that every village has a borehole for drinking water, food production, and for livestock. Speaking at the annual Lusata Cultural Festival of the Mafwe Traditional Authority (MTA) held at the traditional headquarters of...
In recent weeks, major national newspapers carried stories about the confiscation of a speed point device by police in Rundu, linked to a major scam ring. This article intends to alert merchants to take proactive measures to protect themselves when processing electronic transactions. Point-of-sale (POS) or speed-point machine fraud, as well as the use of...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Namibia’s oldest political party, Swanu, celebrated its 66th anniversary in Okahandja on Saturday. Party president Evilastus Kaaronda, while speaking at the event, said, “Black Namibians remain trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty as a direct result of long years of sustained dispossession, landlessness, and systematic exclusion.” “Swanu’s reputation remains intact and will,...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Racehorses Pee Jay and Katiti Komambo won the top honours at the Spring Cup competition held at Okahandja on Saturday. The Spring Cup competition was organised by the Okahandja Racing to sustain horse owners in maintaining their horses. Pee Jay, from the Burger Racing (BR) won the 2 400m, which was the main...
Matheus David African men are nearly twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as men of European or Asian descent. This grim reality was highlighted by world-renowned geneticist Prof. Vanessa Hayes during the inaugural Cancer Genomics Conference at the Hilton Hotel last week. Hayes, who holds research affiliations with the University of Sydney, the University...
GRAND BLANC (USA) – A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US president Donald Trump called part of a national “epidemic of violence.” Police in the northern US state said the shooter first rammed...