Tobias Hainyeko constituency councillor Christoph Likuwa said an announcement this week by Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua that 65 toilets were built in the area in the current financial year, was misleading. The governor announced during her state of the region address on Tuesday that 65 toilets were constructed in the constituency through the provision of...
The chairperson of Omagongo Cultural Festival organising committee, Ananias Nashilongo, says although the annual event has been called off, there will be no monetary refunds to those who made pledges and bought gala dinner tickets. The chairperson of the festival told New Era this week that the pandemic prompted the organising committee to cancel the event until...
Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says alcohol abuse remains a serious concern after a four-year-old girl was hit by a car and killed in Windhoek. The incident happened on Sunday around 18h20 at Havana informal settlement. According to the police, the girl was walking along a sand road, between houses, when a car that...
Community activist Jackson Tjikomeno over the weekend donated a trough worth N$5 000 to the communal farmers of Otjaandjamwenyo village in the Ruacana constituency, Omusati region. Tjikomeno, a 25-years-old nurse at Katutura intermediate hospital told New Era over the weekend said he made that kind of donation because he has the people’s needs at heart....
Oshakatis hîa Oshana ǀkharib !nâ ǁgoes di ǂhanusi ǀaeǁgâub ge ge ǂanǂan, ǂōǂōsib !oabadi !aroma ra sîsenūhe auton ǀonǂgais ai ambulandi tsî bēgu ǀae-aon hîa kai!ā ǀaeǁgâugu, aiǁgause ǀAeǁgams khami in ǁga ǀae!khōdi !aroma ra ǁnaeǁgauhen ra !nari-ūhen ge daob ai hâs ǂgaoǀkhādi ai dīǀoaǀoa tama hâ tsî !naorasiba !khōǂgā hâ. Nē ǀaeǁgâub sîsenao-i hîa...
The Oshakati intermediate hospital in Oshana has revealed emergency vehicles, such as ambulances and buses, used for transporting patients from the region to referral hospitals in Windhoek, are unroadworthy and risky to drive. According to impeccable hospital sources, requesting anonymity, all five emergency car license discs expired in 2016 and have not been renewed. Drivers...
The Chinese embassy in Namibia has assisted the government with another batch of medical supplies worth N$4.3 million as part of the fight against Covid-19. The donation was handed over to health officials in Windhoek yesterday. The donated items include 150 000 surgical masks, 5 000 medical disposable protective clothing, 15 000 protective face masks...
The police are looking for two unknown men, who killed a person and seriously injured the other in their attempt to rob the victim in the Avis Dam area. Head of public relations in Namibian police Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi confirmed the attack, explaining the two suspects fatally attacked Danielle Ferrari with a machete and...
Opolisi yaNamibia otayi kongo aalumentu yaali kaaye shiwike konima sho ya li ya dhipaga omuntu noku ehameka yaali monkambadhala yawo yokuyuga oshihakanwa shawo omaliko. Oshiningwanima shika osha holoka momudhingoloko gwondama yaAvis moshilandopangelo kongulohi yEtiyali. Omukuluntu gwoshikondo shokugandja uuyelele moshigwana mOpolisi yaNamibia Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi okwa li a koleke oshiponokela shoka, ta ti oonakuninga omuyonena...
The chairperson of Okongo traditional authority district, Asser Mukumangeni, confirmed the traditional authority has resolved the matter of the 30-year-old widow who was evicted from her matrimonial home after her husband died. During a meeting that occurred on 11 July to solve the matter, Mukumangeni explained that some information on the matter was distorted by...