Auleria Wakudumo Police in Otjozondjupa are investigating a case of murder after a 49-year-old man was fatally shot while allegedly trying to rescue a lady who was being robbed last week. Otjozondjupa’s Community Policing Sub-division head, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha, said the incident occurred at Carwash No.1 in Okahandja at around 11h03 on Monday. She...
Iuze Mukube Another application brought by alleged Fishrot mastermind Sacky Shanghala last week was dismissed as having no grounds to stand on by acting High Court judge Moses Chinhengo. The stay application was to postpone the plea-taking stage to make way for the former justice minister to file a review with the Supreme Court for...
Despite delivering a title-charged message last weekend following their back-to-back wins, Khomas Nampol’s Fortune Eichab said they will not be carried away with their recent good results and set unrealistic expectations for themselves. “I believe that is a good confidence-booster for us, but we’ll not let the great form get to our minds, and get...
The Bank Windhoek Kehat Beukes Chess Tournament hosted in conjunction with the Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) attracted 70 participants over the past weekend. The tournament, which was sponsored by Bank Windhoek, was held from Saturday, 14 to15 December in Swakopmund. It was dominated by Namibian players who travelled from across the country, and had an...
After almost half-a-decade of letters flying back and forth, and attempts by some media house bosses to reduce it to a briefcase entity, the Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) was yesterday certified by the Labour Commissioner. Nampu becomes Namibia’s first-ever union specifically representing and targeting issues which affect journalists and media professionals in general in...
Rudolf Gaiseb Despite the suspension of its board by youth and sports minister Agnes Tjongarero, a faction of the National Youth Council (NYC) convened its third general assembly in Rietfontein and elected a board of their own. Tjongarero, meanwhile, has appointed an interim board of her own. In essence, the NYC now has two parallel...
Marginalised communities’ deputy minister Royal ǀUiǀoǀoo has taken a swipe at businesspeople for taking advantage of vulnerable San communities by seizing their documents after giving them alcohol, food and other goods on credit. In an interview with New Era on Friday, he lashed out against the exploitation following a recent report about pensioners in the...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Electoral Court ruled on Friday that the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) must provide the Landless People’s Movement and Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) the information they seek. The LPM and the IPC want access to voting materials including the total votes cast, the total votes rejected, spoiled ballots, the total number...
The Council of Ministers responsible for sport in the Africa Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 has announced a change of dates for the 2025 youth games. Initially scheduled to take place from 6 to 15 June, the games will now be from 4 to 13 July 2025. The change of dates was necessitated to...
Outgoing president of Netball Namibia (NN) Rebekka Goagoses has highlighted several key achievements during her tenure, with the most significant being the acquisition of two sprung floors for the national netball courts, made possible through the Directorate of Sports. This milestone represents a substantial improvement in the country’s netball infrastructure, and ensures a higher standard...