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Lahja Nashuuta Inside a classroom at K.W. Von Marees Primary School in Okahandja, two chairs were heartbreakingly left empty. They once belonged to five-year-old Ingrid Maasdorp and six-year-old Roswinds Fabianu, who mysteriously disappeared from the school grounds last week in broad daylight. Both girls were kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered. Their bodies were discovered days...
OSHAKATI – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has issued a stern call for economic justice and dignity for Namibian workers, warning that a hungry worker cannot be productive, and an unvalued one cannot be a proud citizen. Speaking at the national Workers’ Day commemoration in Oshakati yesterday, the President said the country’s freedom and independence will remain...
OSHAKATI – Nearly 100 people have died from malaria in less than 10 days as Namibia faces one of its deadliest outbreaks in recent years. The sharp surge in deaths has alarmed both government and health officials, with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah describing the situation as disturbing, and calling for urgent preventive measures. The Ministry of...
OSHAKATI – Deep fear and growing frustration over violent crime in Namibia have driven hundreds of learners, students, and youth activists in the country to take to the streets in solidarity with the grieving families of three children who were brutally murdered in Okahandja. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture on...
Chief executive officer of the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5, Stanley Mutoya, has declared that Namibia is more than prepared to host the prestigious regional youth games. He made these remarks during a press conference on Tuesday in the capital, where the Local Organising Committee (LOC) concluded a seven-day meeting with delegates and...
With less than a week before kickoff, the Namibian Football Association (NFA) finds itself racing against time to prepare the national U/17 girls’ team for the 2025 Cosafa U/17 girls’ championship, scheduled to take place in Windhoek from 10 to 17 May. Despite being the host nation, Namibia’s preparations appear disjointed, as the squad head...
KEETMANSHOOP – “I was lifted up by God from being a village girl, growing up in a corrugated iron-sheet house in Tses, and after relocating to Keetmanshoop, chosen from the dusty streets of Tseiblaagte for greater heights.” This is the heartfelt sentiment of Gaudentia Kröhne, the former Keetmanshoop mayor and now parliamentarian on the ruling...
Home to over 67 000 residents, the Tobias Hainyeko constituency in the heart of Katutura is grappling with widespread hunger, a crisis recently confirmed by its constituency councillor Christopher Likuwa. As part of New Era’s pre-election coverage initiative, the news team interviewed Likuwa to discuss the constituency’s development progress, successes and pressing challenges which need...
Andreas Thomas The graft-fighting Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been allocated N$116 million for the 2025/26 financial year. Motivating the ACC’s budgetary allocation in the National Assembly on Monday, Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila confirmed this included operational and development budgets, as stated in the Mid-Year Budget Review. She said N$104 million is allocated for operational activities, while...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wants Namibia to produce oil in record time. She made her ambitious goal known last week while delivering her maiden State of the Nation Address. Already, Nandi-Ndaitwah has positioned the oil and gas sector as a transformative force for Namibia’s economy over the next five years. “The oil and gas sector holds...