Monika Amunyela Bank Windhoek, together with the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, and the African Leadership Institute (ALI), recently hosted a mathematics training workshop for Grade 8 and 9 teachers. The workshop took place near Okahandja. The training is part of an ongoing programme to improve how mathematics is taught in...
Bravery Kabula With many societal challenges facing the boy child, Augustineum Secondary School, alongside Vision Core, recently held a seminar targeting young boys. The aim of the seminar is to provide guidance to boys facing life’s challenges, such as high school dropout rates, poor academic performance compared to girls, substance abuse, involvement in crime, and...
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has urged young people to make effective use of social media, encouraging them to create content, build social media platforms, and adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to help Namibia achieve digital sovereignty. While addressing his staff members on Monday, Ngurare emphasised that Namibia’s greatness should be measured by the talent and...
Rudolf Gaiseb Former Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi said Botswana played a supportive role in Namibia’s liberation struggle and provided for genocide victims during the colonial era. Delivering a public lecture at the University of Namibia (Unam) on Monday, Masisi said Botswana did what any reasonable neighbour could have done. “The pain we feel to this...
Monika Amunyela At just 22 years old, Justina Shafewange is a university student, security guard, entrepreneur, and founder of Hearts in Hands Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting vulnerable children. Born and raised in Windhoek, Shafewange faced financial challenges growing up, yet she was fortunate to receive a quality education and became the first on...
Auleria Wakudumo Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa has confirmed that another control prosecutor, based in Grootfontein, has received a threatening note warning of a possible violent attack. Imalwa confirmed the authenticity of the note to New Era, which warned the prosecutor to step down or face consequences. The message, seemingly from an emboldened criminal, reads: “Do...
ADDIS ABABA – Eritrea on Monday denounced accusations by Ethiopia that Eritrean troops were present inside the country as “false and fabricated”. Relations between the two Horn of Africa countries have long been fraught, but in recent months, Addis Ababa has accused Eritrea of supporting insurgents on Ethiopian soil, allegations Asmara denies. On Saturday, Ethiopia...
Auleria Wakudumo ONAMBANGO – “Take care of them; I’ll be here for long”, were the reassuring words spoken by the late Ondangwa regional control prosecutor Justine Shiweda while in hospital on 31 October 2025 in reference to her two children. Shiweda was optimistic that she would recover to provide for her children. Family members shared...
PARIS – French president Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to boost investment in strategic sectors or risk being “swept aside” in the face of competition from the United States and China, in an interview published yesterday. The French leader warned that US “threats” and “intimidation” were not over and urged against complacency in an...
BEIJING – Beijing said yesterday it has lodged “solemn representations” with countries that condemned the 20-year prison sentence given to Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai for national security crimes. Countries including the United States, Britain, and Australia have spoken out against Monday’s sentence, with US secretary of state Marco Rubio calling it “unjust and...