Brave Warriors versatile defender Tiberius Lombard says his club Zanaco FC would have won the Zambian Super Division had it not ended abruptly due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in that country. Lombard’s club ended seventh in the Zambian Super Division which ended with still seven rounds to spare. After initially suspending all...
The 2019 tourist statistical report shows that the tourism sector was still healthy and showing slight growth. It shows the foreign tourist arrivals increased by 1.3% from 2018 to 2019 and tourist figures increased by 2.5% for the same period. Launching the report yesterday, environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta revealed it is notable a...
OTJIWARONGO – A male employee of the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) at Otjiwarongo whose spouse tested positive for Covid-19 last week, also tested positive for the virus over the weekend. Cenored last Wednesday temporarily closed its three buildings in Otjiwarongo following the positive test result of the employee’s spouse on Tuesday. Cenored’s Executive...
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, announced the governmentwill strengthen control measures in Windhoek and all regions to curb the spread of Covid-19. He said this while giving an update on Covid-19 yesterday. Shangula said some of the strengthened measures would include increasing testing for the virus, increasing isolation and quarantine...
President of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Ranga Haikali, yesterday strongly shot down growing assertions that he and his entire executive committee members are captured by the self-styled Progress Forces group. New Era Sport understands that the self-proclaimed Progressive Forces group consists of former footballers, former clubs executives and chairmen, who all apparently share a...
Being selected by the Namibia Cycling Federation (NFC) to represent the country at the 2021 Olympic Games is a dream come true, national Mountain Bike (MTB) champion Alex Miller has said. Miller won the national MTB title a month ago and his selection means the four spots allocated to Namibia at the Olympic Games to...
Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) has placed some staff members on suspension for various reasons. These include defrauding the institution of sums ranging between N$500 000 to N$2.9 million in a suspected fraud committed between January 2016 and December 2019. New Era has established two employees were suspended between July and at the beginning...
After having been dealt a hard blow in the lower court in July, former fisheries minister Bernard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi have now approached the High Court appealing the court’s decision to deny them bail. In their notice of appeal to the High Court, the two claimed magistrate Erich Kesslau erred in...
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, is concerned over the high number of Covid-19 cases recorded in Windhoek over the past week. On Saturday, the health and social services minister revealed 50 positive new cases, of which 32 cases were from Windhoek, 20 are male and 12 female. He said the...
OMUTHIYA – The Omuthiya town council has been operating without a substantive CEO for nearly a year now, as former chief executive officer Samuel Mbango continues to challenge the non-renewal of his contract in the labour court. The matter logged by Mbango is still unresolved a year after his contract was not renewed. Mayor Katrina...