Lahja Nashuuta Deputy Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Charles Mubita has confirmed that 22 840 war veterans and dependents of deceased veterans are currently receiving monthly financial support from the ministry. While motivating the budget allocation for the 2025/2026 financial year, he stated that 95% of the N$1.4 billion allocated to Veterans Affairs in...
Lahja Nashuuta Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Frans Kapofi has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring a safe and secure environment for all Namibians, an effort he says requires increased funding. For the 2024/25 financial year, he is requesting Parliament’s approval of a N$7.49 billion budget. Of this, N$600 million is allocated for development...
Rudolf Gaiseb The minister of Justice and labour relations, Wise Immanuel, says the N$250 million budget request is not simply a line item in government accounts, but it is a budgetary provision to secure peace at workplaces. It is an investment in social justice, equity in the labour market, and a catalyst for productivity across...
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – The president of the South West Africa National Union (Swanu) Evilastus Kaaronda says the labour practices in the army, police force and correctional services are still not democratised and therefore tyrannical. Kaaronda, in an interview with New Era during the commemoration of International Workers’ Day said the labour law allows all...
PARIS – At the annual gathering of France’s finest chefs for the Michelin Guide awards this year, the talk was not only about whose restaurants had gained or lost a star. “Everyone’s discussing AI. I was at a table of 12 other chefs and it was the main thing we talked about,” Matan Zaken, who...
Auleria Wakudumo Opolifi moshitukulwa shaMusati oya tula moipandeko oumati wovakwashiwana vaAngola vavali veedula 15 no24 moipandeko molwaashi va kwata omukainhu weedula 39 keenghono. Oshiningwanima eshi osha ningilwa momukunda Oshitundha moTsandi, sha ningwa Omaandaxa oufiku lwopo 22hoo. Otaku hokololwa omukainhu e na vati ounghundi wopamadiladilo. Oshiningwanima osha kolekwa komukulunhu wopolifi moshitukulwa shaMusati, Commissioner Ismael Basson. Opolifi...
Auleria Wakudumo Minista wouhaku nonghalonawa, Dr. Esperance Luvindao okwa holola kutya oipangelo yepangelo, mwa kwatelwa oupangelo vanini otava ka twikila okukwafela ovanaudu pefimbo lomusha ile pomeetaxa. Minista okwa ti oipangelo itai ka pitikwa vali i kale ya fiya ovanaudu momikweyo manga va ya vati va ka lya omusha. Luvindao okwa ti okwa ninga etokolo eli...
Jazema Hangero Omunavingongo ngu hupira mehi eraranganda Otjauana, Charles Kakomee-Tjeja, u rihupisa nokuwonga ovitenda morupanda kokutja me rikareke ko nomuinyo pendje nokuundja oviungura komundu warwe poo kohoromende. Kakomee-Tjeja ma tja oviungura vyokomake vya kwatwa mombinḓu. Ihe omunene aa hongo omahoro, Ihe omukwate aa hongo omahoro nozongwinya pamwe nokunyosa ovitenda wina. Otjomundu ngwa tarerere ovanene ve,...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Namibia’s renowned Oviritje artist, Suko-White Kejarukua, has expressed heartfelt gratitude to her fans and friends for the overwhelming support and comfort she received following the passing of her mother. The UK-based artist’s mother, Ngumeritiza Tjitambi Hilde Kejarukua, passed away on 6 April 2025 in Windhoek after a period of illness. She was laid...
Before anything else and after all is said and done, we are Namibians first. There is a season for party politics, but since that time round has passed, now is the time for unity, progress, patriotism and Ubuntu. Namibia, like many other African countries, has once again proven its democratic strength through peaceful national elections...