Editorial

Stubborn drought conditions have forced government to declare a drought state of emergency this week – with over N$570 million made available to fend off the advances of this natural scourge.

Tomorrow marks 41 years since the barbaric killing

This week the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said it has not closed dockets concerning three ministers facing allegations of corruption.

President Hage Geingob has been roundly praised this year, first for the honesty he displayed in an interview with New Era in March, wherein he underscored successes of his administration but also its shortcomings.

The High Level Panel on the Namibian Economy, appointed last week by President Hage Geingob, must hit the ground running.

When Calle Schlettwein tabled the national budget on Wednesday for the 2019/20 financial year, the fifth budget under President Hage Geingob’s administration, he did so with the full knowledge that the current domestic economic situation was the cause of hardships for many citizens. 

Pockets of boisterous celebrations were observed last week in the wake of news that a New York federal court has dismissed a case in which leaders of Ovaherero and Nama communities sued the German government over its forefathers’ crime of genocide in Namibia.

Namibia: Birthing a global nation

Communal land deserves its place in reform discourse

EVMs: Opposition must move with the times