Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said their invitation to State House was to discuss the lacklustre voter registration being experienced countrywide. This week, the Affirmative Repositioning (AR), and the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters took aim at President Nangolo Mbumba for inviting Swapo secretary general (SG) Sophia Shaningwa to a closed-door meeting with...
Linea Dishena President Nangolo Mbumba has urged international bodies to shift their focus from merely advising governments to providing the resources people need. Speaking during a courtesy visit by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative Alka Bhatia to State House yesterday, Mbumba said in current times, international organisations should identify challenges faced by countries,...
Lahja Nashuuta President Nangolo Mbumba has offered his condolences to the family of the late Windhoek West constituency councillor György Trepper, describing him as a dedicated public servant. Trepper, Mbumba said, served the residents of his constituency with utmost dedication between 2014 and 2020. “He was highly accessible to the residents and will be remembered...
Eenhana Town Council CEO Gabriel Benjamin has been suspended for three months. He was suspended on 3 July 2024.Eenhana mayor Omri-Oon Kavandje yesterday confirmed the suspension to New Era.He stressed that the suspension is linked to Benjamin’s performance. However, he refused to disclose further information.The mayor indicated that Benjamin is still going to get his...
As the election day draws closer, jostling and horse-trading by the country’s second-largest political party have gone into overdrive. At the heart of things, New Era has been reliably informed, is that some within the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) power circles are scared their party might suffer the same fate as that of the National...
WALVIS BAY – Tempers flared dramatically that within five minutes of an ordinary Walvis council meeting, insults and racial slurs flew from left to right, culminating in a pandemonium. The events, during which the police had to be called in to restore calm and order, unfolded on Tuesday evening. For some time now, the council...
ONGWEDIVA – The Swapo rank and file are made up of disciplined cadres, its deputy secretary general Uahekua Herunga has maintained. He was responding to an incident wherein a Swapo member allegedly drove into a crowd of Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) supporters at Outapi over the weekend, injuring one of them. The incident has...
President Nangolo Mbumba has said that Namibia being a secular State has many benefits, but cautioned religious leaders against taking advantage of the people. He made these remarks during a courtesy visit by three religious groups, including the Southern Africa Union Conference Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís, and the Establishment...
KATIMA MULILO – Swapo central committee member Pohamba Shifeta said voters are no longer willing to vote merely to perform their civic duties. He said the voters want to vote for leaders who will address issues of bread and butter in the community. “Nowadays, it is not just a question of people who want to...
For several years, the dusty back of the Katutura Youth Complex has been a home to many who sought refuge during the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of them, primarily Ovaherero, Ovahimba, Ovazemba and Ovambanderu people, were originally settled near the Commando Hall in the heart of Katutura before being moved to control the virus’ spread at...