WINDHOEK - The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has postponed to October 16 the case of a man who stands accused of killing his ex-lover and attempting suicide, to allow room for the police to complete their investigations into the crime.
WINDHOEK - Namibian police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has called on Okakarara residents to lay complaints against the police, should they feel distressed by the police’s action on the commotion that resulted in the mass arrest of 39 members of the public over the weekend.
WINDHOEK - Namibia is leading the way with regard to women representation in local government from 42 percent to 48 percent in the last nine years, according to the newly launched SADC Gender Protocol Barometer.
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Tjekero Tweya, has dismissed perceptions by some critics that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), recently ratified by Namibia, will kill the already struggling infant industries in the country.
CHOI - Leader of the Mashi Traditional Authority at Choi, Chief Joseph Tembwe Mayuni has expressed concern about the pro-secessionist Caprivi Concerned Group saying their activities are a major source of instability in the Zambezi that in 1998 was rocked by a secessionist uprising.
NDONGA LINENA - The traditional leader of the Vagciriku Traditional Authority Hompa Kassian Shiyambi was thrilled to see the official inauguration of the Ndonga Linena constituency office on Friday, saying through that office his subjects will be served efficiently and much quicker.
WINDHOEK - The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation who is also the incoming chairperson of SADC Council of Ministers, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said it is a hard reality that the region cannot industrialise unless African nations invest on infrastructure development.
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob is to take over as SADC chairperson this weekend and pressure is already on as Amnesty International wants the bloc to ensure member states strengthen criminal justice systems to protect people with albinism.
ONGWEDIVA – The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), once tipped to unseat Swapo after orchestrating mass resignations in the ruling party, is enduring the same fate after several of its members followed party president Jeremiah Nambinga in quitting the party.
ONAYENA – Society must look at the media not as public enemy number one, but as an important partner in the fight against corruption.
OTJIWARONGO – Twelve people died in three separate road accidents on Friday and Saturday, with one killing eight people north of Otjiwarongo. The other two accidents on Saturday, which occurred in Erongo Region, claimed four lives.
WINDHOEK - The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation has condemned the killing of six people in Harare, Zimbabwe, as soldiers and police fought running battles with hundreds of opposition supporters disputing victory of the ruling ZANU PF party and its presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa.
SWAKOPMUND - The Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, says the provision of electricity should be a priority, while at the same time ensuring electricity is available on demand and affordable. He says this must be done without compromising economic development.
KAHENGE – Police in Kavango West have cautioned motorists travelling at night to be careful when driving along the Rundu-Nkurenkuru road where some vehicles have recently crashed into livestock and also elephants as could be attested by an incident on Wednesday night.
WINDHOEK - The Permanent Secretary of International Relations and Cooperation Selma Ashipala-Musavyi who yesterday took over as SADC chairperson of the Standing Committee of Senior Officials says the organ should find lasting solutions to ensure that peace and security prevails in the region. Ashipala-Musavyi took over the chairperson of the responsibility from South African outgoing chair Sandile Schalk.
WINDHOEK - Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) founding member and president Jeremiah Nambinga yesterday resigned as party’s president, putting to an end constant leadership squabbles that have bruised the party in recent years.
WINDHOEK – Namibia is unfazed by America’s re-imposition of sanctions against Iran, and would continue to trade and engage with Iran according to the bilateral cooperation that the two countries agreed to in April this year. Minister of International Relations, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, in an interview with New Era yesterday...
WINDHOEK - Minister of Higher Education Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi told an angry crowd of demonstrating Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) funded students yesterday that government is unable to fully pay for their...
WINDHOEK - Two churches have sprung to the aid of a destitute Babylon father who begs on the streets to raise his daughter who suffers from a chronic illness.
WINDHOEK - The International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), in collaboration with the National Youth Council of Namibia and the Namibia Youth Development Organisation, are spearheading the “We Are One” intergenerational dialogue.
WINDHOEK - Despite the hefty fines of up to N$5 million or 25 years jail term for elephants and rhino poaching, Namibian officials have recorded 25 cases of rhino and 16 of elephant hunted illegally countrywide this year alone.
RUNDU - About 216 logs of Kiaat timber, scientifically known as Pterocarpus Angolensis, confiscated by authorities several years back, has been left to rot at the cordon fence of Mururani in Kavango West. A senior official attributed the delays to the Ministry of Works.
WINDHOEK – The director-general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, has advised Shoprite Checkers group to engage the local trade union and the government to find a satisfactory solution to the aftermath of the lawsuit instituted by the company against its employees following their strike in 2015.
WINDHOEK - The City of Windhoek has cautioned residents of the cosmopolitan that if they do not save water, a crisis similar to that of Cape Town could be inevitable.
WINDHOEK – The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), one of the largest Namibian beneficiary shareholders in Shoprite Holdings, has spoken out against the ill treatment of workers and indecent wages at Shoprite, as well as its support for the calls for Shoprite to drop the lawsuit against its workers.
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