WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay Municipality plans to relocate hundreds of residents to Farm 37 to address illegal land occupation in the town. The council, at its last meeting, approved a relocation and land management plan to remove people occupying land that belongs to the Build-Together programme, National Housing Enterprise and selected backyard dwellings....
WALVIS BAY – Two coastal mothers have teamed up to establish a centre offering child-centred therapy services for children with developmental and neurological challenges. Instead of travelling abroad, as is usually required for their children to access world-class treatment, the families opted to channel those funds into establishing a centre. The centre will not only...
SWAKOPMUND – Troubled Hodago Fishing firm has been dragged to court by Zambian company Delmare Group Limited in a bid to stop it from delivering or offering 600 metric tonnes of horse mackerel to the Social Fund of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FSRDC). The Fund is a public social institution established in 2002...
SWAKOPMUND – Attorney General Festus Mbandeka has asked the High Court to dismiss an application brought by the Okapare Fishermen Association, arguing the applicant lacks locus standi. In law, locus standi refers to the right or capacity to bring an action or to appear in court. The Okapare Fishermen Association has dragged the agriculture and...
WALVIS BAY – Financially troubled fishing company Hodago Fishing has vehemently denied allegations that it is holding 15 foreign crew members hostage aboard its fishing vessel Venus 1, currently docked at the port of Walvis Bay. The denial follows a video released by the crew, consisting 13 Russian nationals, one Ukrainian, and one Estonian citizen,...
WALVIS BAY – Electricity is one of the most expensive basic commodities in Walvis Bay, unlike most Namibian towns. To put this into perspective and in juxtaposition, the suburb of Kuisebmond alone consumes about 54% of the total electricity used by the entire town of Swakopmund, highlighting the growing pressure and demand for affordable housing...
WALVIS BAY – Electricity distributor ErongoRED says it continues to expand electricity access across the Erongo region through ongoing electrification projects. The distributor’s chief executive officer, Immanuel !Hanabeb, while recently briefing the Erongo Regional Council on their operations, said that the combined urban and rural electrification rate stands at about 79%, with urban electrification at...
SWAKOPMUND – An ambitious Namibian start-up is positioning itself within the country’s green ambitions by turning desalination waste (brine) into valuable industrial by-products. The company, Green Brine Technologies, plans to convert desalination brine waste into essential industrial chemicals, reducing environmental harm, strengthening local supply chains and supporting Namibia’s green industrial future. Assley Kalola, the project...
WALVIS BAY – What was meant to be a controlled landfill has become an informal settlement of more than 100 shacks, where an illegal shebeen sells traditional beer and over 300 people now live and work. New Era has learnt that undercover prostitution, domestic violence and drug-related activities are also prevalent at the informal settlement...
OMARURU – When your dreams don’t align with what you had envisioned, you sometimes seek an alternative. This is the story of Betty Usoreruaije Tjongarero from Windhoek, who aspired to become a veterinarian when she was young. Her schooling years took her between the capital and southern Namibia before she returned to Windhoek...