Beijing reacted in fury Thursday at the US government’s vow to revoke Chinese students’ visas, condemning president Donald Trump’s crackdown on international scholars as “political and discriminatory”. Trump’s administration on Wednesday said it would “aggressively” remove permissions for Chinese students, one of the largest sources of revenue for American universities, in his latest broadside against...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Black Africa (BA) vice chairperson Sylvester ‘Lolo’ Goraseb has reaffirmed the club’s determination to maintain its place in the Southern Stream First Division League (SSFDL), as the legendary outfit continues its battle for survival this season. Speaking to New Era Sport following a crucial weekend, Goraseb said the club’s immediate focus is to...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Athletic Club Otjinene delivered a stellar performance at the recently concluded Hardap Champs, held at the Moeisac Sports Ground in Mariental, returning home with an impressive haul of 13 medals. The Hardap Champs formed part of Athletics Namibia’s Leg Seven Games for 2025, drawing participation from more than 20 athletic clubs across various...
Auleria Wakudumo Eshi ondjele yomeva efundja monooli otai ende noku shuna pedu, ovakwashiwana vali keetenda molwa efundja navo ova tameka oku ninga okaendamhadi, tava shuna komaumbo. Ngoloneya woshitukulwa shaHangwena Sebastian Ndeitunga okwa holola kutya okwa didilika omwaalu wovakwashiwana ava tava i komaumbo tau ende ngaho tau londo kanini nakanini. Ta ti oshitukulwa shaye oshi na...
Ministeris ǂNamipeba !ûi!gâs, Haiǀgoms tsî !Narisarimas (MEFT) dis ge Namibiaǁîna ge ǂgan, in ǂkhaigari tsî ǂōǂgae hâse hâ, !napetamase ra hâ ǀaeǂhuwigu !aroma ǂhâbasa ǁkhaubade ūhâse. Nē !khâikhomsa ra hirihiri!nâ !khais ge, ôa!nâdi hîa ge !hūb a ǂhabase īǁkhā xūn ǂnamipeb !nâ ǀaeǂhuwiba a !aroma ǁkhān xa dīhe hâ isa xu ge !gāsa !khais ge...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – The Rundu Town Council (RTC) plans to begin the first phase of constructing its new building during the 2025/26 financial year. Council staff currently work from government-owned offices, housed in one of the town’s oldest structures located on land belonging to the Ministry of Works and Transport. These offices, constructed from...
Lylie Joel NKURENKURU – The Kavango West Regional Council and Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) met on Thursday to discuss a new strategy to transform the Kavango Cattle Ranch at Mangetti Farm into a profitable venture. The ranch is in the Tondoro constituency. The initiative seeks to improve cattle health and market quality, revamp farm...
Linea Dishena The government is having discussions with the United States of America (USA) regarding president Donald Trump’s 21% import tariffs on Namibian goods as from April 2025. This was confirmed by International Relations and Cooperation executive director, ambassador Penda Naanda, in an interview last week. The US has increased import tariffs to all its...
OTJIWARONGO – The Otjiwarongo Municipality unanimously approved the 2025/26 capital and expenditure budget of more than N$226 million at its special meeting on Friday. This is a N$82 million rise from the N$144 million budget that council tabled in 2024. Tabling the budget, which was supported by all the local authority councillors, the chairperson of...
Andreas Thomas The National Council’s committee on housing has urged the government to play a more active role in land servicing to accelerate the formal development of housing across various local authorities in Namibia. The committee recommended that the government draws lessons from Rwanda’s land and housing programmes, which facilitate the provision of affordable housing...