Rudolf Gaiseb Adolf Kaure The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) reported that, in the 2024/25 financial year, 45% of the cases handled involved abuse of power. The next most common issues dealt with by the anti-graft agency included bribery, misuse of public resources, as well as irregularities in tenders and recruitment. The organisation’s recently released financial report...
The country’s Land Acquisition and Development Fund is in deep disarray both financially and materially. Transactions were reclassified without disclosure, and comparative figures between the budget and actual amounts were not properly recorded. Additionally, critical value assessments were not issued in 2025, auditor general Junias Kandjeke has flagged. He highlighted key shortcomings in the Land...
Namibia is set to receive a FIFA-standard football field valued at approximately N$9 million, following a sponsorship announcement by the president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and International Olympic Committee member, Mustapha Beraff, during his official visit to the country for the ANOCA Zone VI General Assembly in Windhoek. In...
The stage is set for tomorrow’s MTC Netball Namibia play-offs, which will take place at the Khomasdal Netball Courts in Windhoek. Eleven teams have secured their spots and will contest for top honours in what promises to be an action-packed showdown. Head coach of Go Monate Fella David Faustinus said their preparations started early as...
All roads lead to Swakopmund tomorrow as the 35th annual Rössing National Marathon prepares to host about 4 500 runners and fun walkers for one of Namibia’s premier road running events. Rössing Uranium, in partnership with the Swakop Striders Running Club, will once again bring together athletes, fitness enthusiasts, families and supporters from across the...
The Ovaherero Traditional Authority faction led by academic Hoze Riruako yesterday met President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House. High on their agenda were calls for a quota-based land allocation system for historically dispossessed communities, restitution of ancestral land rights and renewed negotiations with Germany over genocide reparations. Shooting from the hip, Riruako said the meeting...
GOBABEB – A researcher and his pilot from the Gobabeb Research Centre died on Wednesday evening when a light aircraft they were travelling in crashed just kilometres from the centre. The police yesterday identified the deceased as Alan Wilson and Neil Thomas Oakman. When New Era arrived at the scene yesterday morning, instruments of the...
Primary schools have taken up the biggest chunk of the education budget for the 2026/2027 financial year, a whopping 42%. Out of the N$28 billion set aside for education, N$11.8 billion will go to primary education. This is the biggest portion of the budget under Vote 40 – Education, Innovation, Arts and Culture. Education director...
Defiant National Unity Democratic Organisation lawmaker Vetaruhe Kandorozu has refused to withdraw remarks bordering on tribalism and racialism against deputy education minister Dino Ballotti. Approached for comment yesterday, Kandorozu maintained his position and stands by his remarks. “I remain there,” he responded in brief. He was earlier quoted in the media as saying his controversial...
Executive director in the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service Gerhard Vries has clarified that the ministry’s development (capital) budget ceiling currently stands at N$243 million. Government continues to prioritise youth and sport development across the country. Vries was responding to questions from New Era regarding whether the N$750 million allocated to the Ministry...