Iuze Mukube The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has become a co-applicant with the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) in their fight to have the results of November 2024 National Assembly elections set aside. This was granted by the Electoral Court yesterday, headed by Judge Hannelie Prinsloo and assisted by judges Orben Sibeya and Esi Schimming-Chase....
Paulus Kiiyala Shiku All public vocational training centres (VTCs) in Namibia will soon be upgraded to technical and vocational education and training colleges. This will transform the institutions from being just training centres to colleges where the curriculum will be upgraded and allow trainees to have higher qualifications. Having come a long way, the first...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – A statue of late Founding President Sam Nujoma will be inaugurated in the Erongo region in due course. This is in recognition and honour of his contributions to the Namibian nation. At a media briefing at Swakopmund on Wednesday, Erongo governor Neville Andre announced that the launch of the project, fully-funded...
Iuze Mukube The legal fraternity has expressed heartfelt tributes following the death of Founding President Sam Nujoma. Leading from the front, Chief Justice Peter Shivute was waxing lyrically in a statement issued this week. “The cold and callous hand of death has knocked at the door of Namibia with cruel abandon. It has robbed Namibia,...
Paulina Ndalikokule NKURENKURU – Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku this week said the late Founding President Sam Nujoma ensures that all green schemes in Kavango were fully functional. Nujoma saw the then-Kavango as the food basket of Namibia. Ausiku made these remarks when she officiated the signing of the book of condolences in honour of...
Namibians from all walks of life are mourning the passing of the country’s first president, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma. He died on 8 February aged of 95 in Windhoek. Revered as the father of the Namibian nation, Nujoma was an anti-apartheid icon and, foremost, a figure of the Namibian liberation struggle. New Era journalist Lahja Nashuuta...
The passing on of Founding President Sam Nujoma has left many with a void that is difficult to fill in many spheres of society. In all honestly, nothing could have prepared Namibia for this day. Not the ripe age that he lived; not all his contributions to this great God’s country – nothing could prepare...
Lila Quin in his thesis “Apartheid’s Last Hope: The International Fight for Walvis Bay, 1966-1994” narrates that in 1959, a young man was travelling around southern Africa with a Bible in hand, dressed as a preacher and looking ready to give a sermon. However, his plan was not to give a hearty Christian session to...
Picture a future Namibia where multiple industries flourish outside mining and innovative approaches drive economic advancement, while trade creates lasting prosperity for future generations. The primary source of revenue for Namibia’s economy has been its mining sector, which produces diamonds and uranium. Namibia faces potential dangers when it relies heavily on mining resources because these commodities...
PARIS – Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a “horrifying escalation” of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said yesterday. Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and French group Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said the figure was the highest since IHR began recording executions in Iran in 2008....