Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – The Rehoboth Town Council has set aside at least N$70 million to replace conventional water and electricity meters with prepaid ones, a move aimed at improving revenue collection and preventing future arrears. The rollout, which started in specific areas with historically high non-payment rates, is now expanding to all suburbs. The...
Lissony Njembo Twenty-five years ago, Mbakondja Upora was disconnected from her biological family, where she was subjected to wanton abuse and neglect. She was between two and three years old when she was unchained from the dreadful arms of her late aunt. She would go on to spend the next quarter of a century in...
Rudolf Gaiseb Swapo parliamentarian Tobie Aupindi says a commodity reserve will protect Namibia against currency volatility, while physically backing dividends will protect Namibia’s wealth. The member of parliament (MP) also expressed concern over Namibia’s mineral and natural resources wealth that has been converted into fiat currency for decades, saying it has exposed the country to...
The Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Sports Council Region 5 Games, Stanley Mutoya, is a busy man, ensuring that the upcoming Region 5 Games in Mozambique are a success. New Era engaged Mutoya to gauge his thoughts on what the Games mean for sport development in Southern Africa and how preparations are unfolding. ...
Senior women’s national team player and Windhoek City Sporting Club defender, Lydiana Nanamûs, was born in Rehoboth and raised in Windhoek, where she began playing football. Her journey into football did not start because she loved the sport, but because she did not want to stay home on Saturdays doing household chores. Nanamûs attended an...
With only six matches remaining for the top three in the Namibia Premier Football League season, the race for the title is shaping up to be a thrilling three-way contest between Eeshoke Chula Chula, current log leaders, defending champions African Stars and FC Ongos. The three sides are separated by only four points in the...
Rössing Uranium has donated N$135 000 to the Swakop Striders Running Club, reaffirming its commitment to the development of athletics and community sport in Namibia. The funds were generated from registration fees for the 2026 Rössing National Marathon. The contribution will assist the club in strengthening its programmes, supporting local athletes and promoting long-distance running...
Auleria Wakudumo The Hai||om have launched a landmark legal action against the government seeking recognition of their ancestral land rights over Etosha National Park and neighbouring Mangetti West farms. The director of the Hai||om association Toni Hancox confirmed through a media release seen by this publication that it has filed a case in the High...
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has approved the designation of Herbert George Jacky Britz as Kaptein of the Rehoboth Baster Gemeente Traditional Community, bringing closure to a protracted leadership dispute. In a letter dated 9 February 2026 and addressed to senior member of the traditional authority Karl Manfred Draghoender,...
Rudolf Gaiseb National Assembly Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the Legislature has more bills to develop to improve Namibia’s training capacity to respond to the lack of specialist workers in the country’s health sector. This comes after her visit to the Windhoek Central Hospital’s Children’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit yesterday, which revealed that Namibia’s department, among...