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...
Organisers of the first-ever Namport Nedbank Powerhouse Challenge, which is set to take place in Lüderitz from 2 to 3 May, say all systems are set to go. The event is organised by Powerhouse Cycling Club, which was initially established as a social cycling club by a group of friends in 2017 before getting affiliated...
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – Gerhardt Hengari, the head coach of the Otjiwarongo-based Debmarine Premier League outfit Mighty Gunners FC, said the replay match against Young African FC in Gobabis will not be easy. The rematch was a result of the abandoned encounter between the two sides on 5 April, where the referee stopped the match...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday highlighted the importance of Namibia’s long-standing relationship with North Korea. “As a country, we really value the relationship between Namibia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is good that we find time to consult and strengthen our ties now and then,” the President stated during a courtesy visit by...
WALVIS BAY – Fishing industry players want the government to withdraw from quota auctions. They warned that the practice could result in job losses, unfair competition and the rise of foreign dominance in Namibia’s fishing sector. The fishing industry on Friday shared their concerns over the government’s growing role as both regulator and business operator....
Rudolf Gaiseb Education minister Sanet Steenkamp said with the new directive to fully subsidise public universities as well as technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, they will ensure that private tertiary institutions are not impacted. Financial provision has been made for private tertiary institutions, and a funding model will be developed, she revealed....