Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha has delivered a scathing report that shows the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA)’s recruitment process was marred by maladministration, lack of transparency and what appears to be unlawful discrimination based on race and ethnicity. The damning report, triggered by a complaint from a rejected job applicant, found that NamRA failed to follow its...
PETRUSFONTEIN – For years, Petrusfontein residents, about 30 kilometres from Khorixas, had no clean drinking water. They drank salty water straight from underground boreholes that was not entirely fit for human consumption.That has now changed. The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR),...
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...
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...
Rudolf Gaiseb Andreas Thomas Independent Patriots for Change leader Panduleni Itula has rejected the Petroleum Amendment Bill and called for its immediate withdrawal. Petroleum governance must be built on constitutional accountability not Presidential centralism, Itula said. It is also Itula’s conviction that, “Our duty is not merely to pass bills in the August house, but...