Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Namibia officially recorded her first digital nomads just five months after the official launch of the country’s Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) on 11 October 2022. The programme was launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration and Security (MHAISS) and the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB), with the aim of enhancing economic activity in the country. The first two digita

Minister of Justice Yvonne Dausab has announced new proposed divorce legislation is in the final stages of drafting with hopes for tabling in the National Assembly by the end of the financial year. She said this in response to New Era’s enquiries on the status of the long-awaited Divorce Bill. Dausab tabled the motion to update the divorce law in parliament last year.

ONDANGWA - Community members in Ondangwa have damaged the sewage pond embankments located in Extension 9 (Ondhila). The pond was designed to hold sewage from nearby households when toilets are flushed. The waste is transported by water using gravity and flows into designated sewage ponds.

Namibia yesterday again condemned Israel’s continued occupation and discrimination of Palestinians after a pre-dawn Israeli strike killed 13 people, including several children.

The visit of a parliamentary committee to the Daures constituency has opened a Pandora’s box of mining irregularities and deficient regulation in the area. Traditional authorities likewise agreed that they failed their communities by accepting allowances from mining companies.

The mines ministry’s decision to first declare a Chinese mining company’s licence as satisfactory before abruptly cancelling it days later, has caused the company to seek the court’s intervention.

The growth in healthcare costs in recent years has become an issue of concern to the domestic medical aid funding industry. 

The phenomenon of the internet and digital technology has opened a new world of interaction and information sharing. However, it has also widened the gap between the haves and have-nots, and provided governments with new ways of exerting control over their citizens, especially in Africa. 

Community media gives a voice to communities and allows them to define their path. It operates in the interests of the community it serves and creates a platform for freedom of expression.