Police supremo Joseph Shikongo has appealed to his officers to focus on their duties instead of wasting their hard-earned money on Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Leading from the front, Shikongo will not expend any funds on Valentine’s Day. This, he said, is because to him, the day is of no significance. He was speaking during a...
Round 17 and 18 are slated for this weekend in the Namibia Premier Football league. Young African’s head coach Marley Ngarizemo has set the tone for a high-stakes weekend, admitting his side faces a stern test against KK Palace and Eeshoke Chula Chula, but insisted they are ready to rise to the occasion. He described...
The Khomas Senior Athletics Championships will take place tomorrow at the Independence Stadium, bringing together close to 150 male and female athletes for a full programme of track and field events. Event organiser Leoni van Rensburg said competitors will battle it out in disciplines including the 5 000 metres (m), hammer throw, high jump, discus,...
Bravery Kabula The battle for the Golden Boot in the Namibian Premier Football League (NPFL) is gaining momentum as strikers across the league continue to find the back of the net with remarkable consistency. Among the frontrunners is Mighty Gunners winger Bernard Horaseb, whose rise from the dusty streets of Otjiwarongo to the topflight reflects...
Archery Association of Namibia (AAN) president Jannie Meuwesen stole the spotlight over the weekend by setting a new Namibian record of 707 out of 720. Consequently, he secured a spot in the national team for the upcoming 76th SA National Championships and Regional Championships in Johannesburg at the end of March. Meuwesen achieved the world-class...
“God said you will die rich.” Those were the purported words Jackson Babi, a self-styled prophet, told Wilbard Shilongo to convince him to hand over his family’s life savings of N$100 000 meant to unchain them from the yoke of poverty. He was promised the Biblical heaven on earth, it seems. Shilongo had no reason...
Namibia needs an estimated N$1.5 billion to fully combat the potential outbreak of the highly contagious Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). This includes creating the necessary buffers within the country’s agricultural production zones, agriculture minister Inge Zaamwani has said. She also announced on Tuesday that the government has approved and made available N$57 million to assist with...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will be heading to the 39th Ordinary Session ofthe African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, later this weekend. In this piece, New Era delves deeper into the President’s chief priority at the continental summit, at a time when Africa is facing growing global uncertainty and shifting alliances. To understand this,...
WALVIS BAY – A young woman (20) and her niece became the latest casualties of shack fires in Walvis Bay yesterday. The incident left 14 others homeless after a shack fire broke out during the early hours of yesterday in Tutaleni. The deceased, Beauty Guidao-Oas, and her niece, Gloria Guibes (2), could not be saved...
The Eagles lost their opening match at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup after going down by seven wickets to the Netherlands yesterday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, India. This marks Namibia’s fourth appearance at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, having previously competed in the 2021, 2022, and 2024...