The Namibian elections of 2024 have turned an important corner into the future of the country’s political landscape. It is a time when symbolic versus effective leadership is put under close scrutiny. It is in such a context that as Namibians get ready to go to the polls, it also becomes very important that one...
Prime Minister (PM) Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila haswarned officials to not politicise hunger, and ensure that drought relief food gets to those who need it most. The PM was speaking at the opening of the two-day National Platform on the Implementation of the 2024/2025 Drought Relief Programme. Trying to score cheap political points or make political opponents...
Likuwa v The Government of The Republic of Namibia NAHCMD (24 September 2024) What transpired? The applicant (Felix Ndara Likuwa), an incola of the High Court (a person who is a resident of Namibia applied for a loan from the fifth respondent (Letshego Bank Namibia Ltd), and it was granted. The applicant then authorised the...
Rudolf Gaiseb The accident in which a Robinson r44 Raven plane crashed last year, killing the pilot and an apprentice maintenance engineer, was due to a motor stall and the main rotor blade striking the tailcone. Pilot Jacques Jacobs and apprentice maintenance engineer Dirk von Weitz died in the fatal crash on 17 July 2023....
Lahja Nashuuta The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) this week delivered army recruits representative of Namibia’s diverse groups and cultures, a promise it made over two years ago. “The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs is working hard to rejuvenate the Namibian Defence Force with young, energetic, healthy, and informed youth. We are working hard to...
OMHALAPAPA – Ohangwena governor Sebastian Ndeitunga has revealed that his region has recorded 18 deaths due to malnutrition this year alone. Malnutrition has been confirmed as a serious problem in Ohangwena, which has also led to 270 hospitalisations. Ndeitunga revealed this during the handover of a four-classroom block and a storeroom constructed by the Government...
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – Former Namibian Defence Force (NDF) soldier Matthews Kandenge recently donated goods worth N$10 000 to Ohakavena Kindergarten. This is his contribution to the education of the Namibian child. The donated items include a multifunctional printer, and 15 graduation gowns. In an interview with New Era, Kandenge said the early childhood development...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The Epukiro state veterinary office, under the auspices of Dr Seuakouje Veii, together with Dr Lindsay Scott from Harnas, hosted a rabies’ awareness and vaccination campaign yesterday at Okatuuo village in the Omaheke region. This was part of World Rabies Day commemoration. 28 September is marked as World Rabies Day, and is celebrated...
Andreas Thomas The United States’ proposal to support two new permanent seats on the influential UN Security Council, without veto power, is a disingenuous attempt to maintain Africa’s marginalisation. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, reaffirmed her government’s position on expanding the Security Council in a speech to the Council on Foreign...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – The minister of agriculture, water and land reform Calle Schlettwein has warned against the over-exploitation or pollution of the Okavango River as it is already under stress. He made this statement earlier this week during the official unveiling of eight countrywide agri-food system sites to the ministry at Kuwoko Kondja community...