JOHANNESBURG – The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme’s first beneficiary South Africa said yesterday. The so-called Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) are ambitious financing deals between a small group of wealthy countries and emerging economies...
BEIJING – China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States “to the end” yesterday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing’s lagging growth. Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around 5%cent this week, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as the...
NKURENKURU – Vendors from the old Nkurenkuru open market in the Kavango West region have been relocated to the new open market after 10 years of operating under substandard conditions. The new open market, inaugurated on Wednesday by Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku on behalf of the minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni,...
Most of the time, I do not like to shout and pontificate about equity and equality, even though the concept lives within the very core of my being. Once a year, when the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March, I feel it is necessary to highlight the importance of this day. Equity and...
Elections are the bedrock of democracy and the election commissions’ credibility is central to democratic legitimacy. Elections give citizens an opportunity to choose leaders or representatives of their choice, hold government to account and help to shape national policy making. In Africa, many independent election bodies established in the 90s on the eve of Namibia’s...
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March across the globe. This year’s theme is ‘Accelerate Action’, aimed to instruct and remind us that the time for policymaking is to be replaced by implementations. It seeks to acknowledge public and private policies and strategies that positively impact women’s upliftment. The purpose of the day...
Fellow Namibian citizens, can we truly trust our institutions to safeguard our personal data? The simple answer is ‘no’. While this response is blunt, the reality of our digital setting demands a deeper understanding of the risks we face and the urgent reforms needed. What happened? Whether you are a consumer, investor or a policy...
Iuze Mukube After nearly two months of widespread speculation, Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) has given an update on ongoing investigations related to the recent brazen armed robbery at its Windhoek premises in January. In a press statement released yesterday, the company said so far, diamonds valued at N$40.6 million have been recovered out of a...
Lahja Nashuuta Swapo’s extraordinary congress is scheduled to take place this weekend to elect the president of the party. Swapo deputy secretary general Uahekua Herunga in an interview told New Era confirmed that the extraordinary congress will be held at the Country Club in Windhoek, with 700 delegates expected to attend. He confirmed that there...
Rudolf Gaiseb The City of Windhoek stands by its decision not to include curb cuts in front of residents’ houses along the Monte Christo Road which is being upgraded. The City says it is hazardous and negligent to have curb cuts along a highway. “Imagine on a highway, people are turning into their houses; on...