Rundu - Vaporosi moKavango zoutekero moutatu una puko kavagwanekerere nombudi zondona omu kavagwene simpu somugara ana dogoroka ntani sina zonauka unene, simpu esi kavasigwene vantu ava kavazire vakapapare nongombe dawo kadizumbanene mevango lya Mbeyo eli lyakara asi lyompongasano omu ava zangura yikaramo. Egwano lyosimpu esi kwahorkere mouvali koyiha yono vili 07h0. “
Nkurenkuru - Munasipundi gondango zovakansela moKavango zoutokero, Joseph Sivaku Sikongo katente asi mukunda horowero kapi guna hafa morwa noprojeka nadinye dono nene vatumbwidira momukunda kapi daza mouta wakora kapi
Are Southern African governments allowing resentment against perceived Western finger wagging to cloud their judgement?
OTJIWARONGO - A new shopping complex under construction in the heart of Otjiwarongo could bring close to one hundred jobs when it officially opens.
RUNDU - Mpungu villagers in Mpungu Constituency in Kavango West are enduring a shortage of water. Their livestock are also affected as their community borehole constantly breaks down and relies on dinging earth dams known as “matope.”
WINDHOEK - The country’s largest opposition party, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says it will not take lightly the announcement made by Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) that is only able to fund study loans of 2 925 new applicants, out of 24 739 applications.
WALVIS BAY – A handful of residents from Walvis Bay and Swakopmund yesterday took to the streets to voice their opinion against any plans to legalise marijuana in the country.
OMUTHIYA - During a recent consultative meeting the Swapo Party leadership in Oshikoto Region added their voice to proponents for the removal of the veterinary cordon fence, also known as the redline, in an effort to unlock business opportunities for beef farmers north of the cordon fence.
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KARIBIB – With the large number of school learners growing and the government struggling to build classrooms at marginalised schools, the Namibian Community Trust (NCT) built a classroom at one of the less privileged schools at Karibib in Erongo Region.
OMUTHIYA - A group of about 20 people under Turning Point Namibia, staged a peaceful demonstration yesterday in Omuthiya where they handed over a petition to the Oshikoto governor, objecting to recent campaigns and protests calling for the legalisation of cannabis.
IIHEKE YA NAKELE – The community of Iiheke ya Nakele where subsistence sand mining has one of the economic mainstays for over 20 years said it will not entertain sand mining for purposes of resale.
OSHIVELO -The owner of Oshivelo Farm, Jan Harm Cronje has promised to provide staff housing if land is to be made available and if the need arises among his employees.
WINDHOEK - Education, Arts and Culture executive director Sanet Steenkamp has urged all regional directorates and schools to study their environment and demographic circumstances in order to make an informed arrangement on the official operational time of their respective schools during the winter season.
WINDHOEK - The Night of Inspiration in its 5th term had the National Theatre of Namibia packed to capacity as the audience truly waited to be inspired.
KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council has distributed 10 817 bags of 12.5kg maize meal to four drought-affected areas as part of the national Disaster Risk Management Programme set in motion by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
WINDHOEK – Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has hit back at Ondonga chieftainship throne claimant Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo, saying he is not above the law and can only act within the parameters of law, as he has taken an oath to uphold, protect and defend the constitution and laws of the country.
WINDHOEK- The water levels of many boreholes in //Kharas Region have dropped below catch point levels, resulting in many communities being placed on the tanker-water-supply services-a situation that has put a tremendous burden on the already under-resourced department of rural water supplies.
ǂKHOANDAWES – Sîsenǀgaugu hîas ge ǂurusib departements tsî îs !âhuru-aon tsîna a ūs in Omaheke ǀkharib !nâ Hepatitis Es di khoraǂuisens tsî khoena ûiga ǂoa!nâsa ǁkhaes ge, ǁgausen-i rasa !oa sîsenǂuiba ūhâ tama hâ, nē ǀkharib !nâs
ǀAEǁGAMS – Auton ra ǁāhe !khaigu, hoteldi, !gûkhoen hâ!khain tsî nau hâ !âgu ǂgui !gôab ǁgam-e ra sîsenūgu hâna xu i ge ra !âubasenhe, ǁgam-e sâus !aroma a ǀnōsa ǀgaugu ain ǁgam-e nî sîsenūtsoatsoasa, !ā!khōmais ǁgam-i ǀorosiba ǀkhurub
Tsoaxubams – Erongo ǀKharisi ǀAwemā!nans ge 12 936 maiǁhōga ǂoago kurib di ǀHōǂgaeba xu nē kurib ǀKhūǁkhâb ǀams kōse ge ǀgoraǂui, ǂgari-aon tsî omaridi ǂGaribeb tsî Dâures ǁhûi!nâǂharidi !nâ ǁan hân !aroma. Erongob di ǀkharisi
RUNDU - The Ombudsman’s Office has opened a Zambezi Regional Office in Katima Mulilo along Ngoma Road, in the former Zambezi Regional Council Offices.
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OMUTHIYA - Many communal farmers in the northern regions are flocking to Oshivelo settlement to buy dry grass in an effort to save their livestock.
NKURENKURU - Kavango West Regional Governor Sirkka Ausiku last week said the region wants to establish a database of the youth involved in businesses which she believes will assist with finding interventions.
KEETMANSHOOP - The United Reformed Church (Verenigde Gereformeerde Kerk) (VGK) in Krönlein, Keetmanshoop has been running a daily feeding programme for the past four years, caring for some elderly, vulnerable school children and impoverished members of the town’s community.
WINDHOEK - National Council Swapo MP, and Rundu Urban Constituency Councillor Victoria Kauma has called on the Ministry of Health and Social Services to give special attention and speedily complete the Rundu maternity ward to assist pregnant mothers in the vast region.
WINDOKO – Kamulelo wakubata kukutiseza njimo sakata kwasimu aketalizoho, muuso noezize manyamenyame kulifa sikoloti sesibato fita kubolule babalalu (N$3 million), seo masimu nakolota kampani yehasanya mulilo wamagesi yezibahala hahulu ka Nored. Zeo kaufela litaha mazazinyana kasamulaho kampani ya Nored nekauhezi kuisa mulilo wamagesi,
KATIMA MULILO – Sicaba sa Choi mwasikiliti sa Zambezi banyaza Yomuhulu wasikolo sa Mayuni kuli nakutisize banababona kwahae, kasamulaho akupalelwa kulifa mali asikolo. Macaziba babulela kuli Lamubulo viki yefelile yomuhulu
Rundu – Baana bababeli babanyazwa kakufumanwa ni litalo la ñake, Thomas Nduhe Thikoko ni Ben Ndembere ili babana ni lilimo ze 58 bubeli cwalo, nebahanezwi kuzekela taba yabona kwande hane babonahalile mwakhuta kamulatu wakuloba
WINDHOEK – National Assembly PRO, David Nahongandja, has clarified the return to Treasury of National Assembly N$16.4 million.
WINDHOEK – The National Electoral Civil Education Campaign, aimed at this year’s Presidential and National Assembly elections of 27 November, was officially launched on Friday at a ceremony led by Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson, Notemba Tjipueja.
WINDHOEK - National Council Swapo MP and Rundu Urban Constituency Councillor Victoria Kauma has called on the Ministry of Health and Social Services to give special attention and speedily complete the Rundu maternity ward to assist pregnant mothers in the vast region.
WINDHOEK - The Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela, will be among hundreds of delegates from all over the world meeting in Vienna next week to participate in meetings and events related to the 28th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ).
ONGWEDIVA – The future of about 300 learners at the Bin Six Private School in Ongwediva hangs in the balance as the school is not registered with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture despite enrolling learners for formal education since last year.
WALVIS BAY - A tanker vessel will have be pay up for last weekend’s oil spill that occurred in the port of Walvis Bay. It will also have to fork out for the clean-up of another oil spill that was detected at Longbeach Extension 1, north of Walvis Bay that was traced back to their vessel.
KEETMANSHOOP- Commercial, communal and resettlement farmers from the //Kharas Region attended a drought-relief information sharing meeting in Keetmanshoop earlier this week where they were implored to register for government drought relief interventions.
KATIMA MULILO – Employees at Hollard Insurance Katima branch which opened its doors in the north-eastern town in March, have accused the insurance company of not paying them their salaries for the past two months in breach of its contractual obligations.
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CORRIDOR 17 - Deputy Minister of Marginalised Communities Royal /Ui/o/oo has urged the community of Corridor 17 to stay away from alcohol and drugs, and rather double its effort in ensuring its kids’ future is secured through education
WINDHOEK – About 514 workers were retrenched in various sectors of the economy in the fourth quarter of the 2017/18 financial year, with the construction sector accounting for the biggest number – 172 – of those laid off.
WINDHOEK - Businessman Fulbertus Kwedhi with the help of his wife Lucia Shindume-Kwedhi built a kindergarten and also used his own money to build an office for Swapo Party in Okathitu Konkayi village in Omusati Region. The two projects cost the couple over N$300 000.
WINDHOEK- South Africa last Friday celebrated Freedom Day, the day chosen by the High Commission to commemorate the country’s 25th Freedom Day bears utmost significance.
WINDHOEK – The Inclusive and Collaborative Local Tech Innovation Hub and the Faculty of Computing and Informatics at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust), host the first ever national Innovation Bazaar.
OMUTHIYA -The water crisis in Oshikoto Region has reached alarming levels that require urgent interventions and if not timely addressed this will lead to loss of human lives, says the head of Rural Water Supply Stevenson Tuukondjele.
NKURENKURU - Whilst some residents of Kavango West Region have endured sleepless nights by the elephant raids, for 64-year-old resident of Marema village in Tondoro Constituency, nocturnal crop invasion on his field by hippos has become a handsome.
ONGWEDIVA – The chief veterinarian in Omusati Region Dr Josephat Peter has advised the public to report strange behaviour in pets and livestock in order to curtail the spread of diseases to other animals and humans.
RUNDU - Former Rundu mayor Verna Sinimbo says she has not defied the Swapo Party constitution or the Local Authorities Act by not availing herself to serve on the management committee as she is at liberty to serve the town as an ordinary councillor.
OTJIWARONGO - Otjozondjupa Governor Otto Ipinge during the launch of the annual Tsumkwe Trade Expo 2019 said the event will be a golden opportunity for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the region to expand their horizons to new openings and in the process securing new ventures by tapping into new markets and promoting sustainable development.
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WINDHOEK – Employees at a local restaurant and bar, The Kitchen (located at Freedom Plaza in Windhoek), are allegedly struggling to make ends meet because of non-payment of wages.
SWAKOPMUND - Karibib and Swakopmund have been identified as the two towns for the establishment of the food bank for Erongo Region.
KATIMA MULILO - Community members of Choi in the Sibbinda Circuit in Zambezi Region have accused the principal of Mayuni Senior Secondary School of sending their children home, after they failed to pay school funds.
ONGWEDIVA – The Ministry of Justice has directed the suspended faction of the Ondonga Traditional Authority councilors gazetted as justices and assessors to resume the community court proceedings which have been on hold following squabbles at the tribal authority.
SWAKOPMUND - The Erongo Regional Council distributed 12 936 bags of maize meal from November 2018 until the end of March 2019 to farmers and households in Karibib and Daures constituencies.
WINDHOEK - Car washes, hotels, lodges, and other large water consumers are expected to implement water saving measurements as the city faces water scarcity due to drought.
RUNDU - Two suspects who were arrested on Monday night at Kantenture village in Kavango East Region with Pangolin skins worth N$200 000 are due to appear in court today.
GOBABIS- The measures put into place by the health department and its stakeholders to mitigate the Hepatitis E outbreak in Omaheke Region seems to be futile, as the confirmed cases of the disease and fatalities keep growing.
KEETMANSHOOP- The Central Region of the Evangelical Bible Church recently held its general youth conference at the Diaz School Hall in Lüderitz under the theme “the value of singing and dancing”.
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration is experiencing a low stock of passports hence it will be rationing and issuing them according to crucial travel needs.
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WINDHOEK - In its efforts to ensure equitable distribution and access to land to previously disadvantaged Namibians, the Ministry of Land Reform this financial year has put aside N$120 million to acquire resettlement farms for resettlement purposes.
OMUTHIYA - Despite a reduction in the 2019/20 financial year budget that was reduced by 13.94 percent from N$59 million to N $50.8 million, Omuthiya Town Council in what it termed as a pro-poor budget has decided to maintain water tariffs at N$15 per cubic metres for low-income earners in Kaniita informal settlement and other low-income areas.
SWAKOPMUND - Households with a combined income not exceeding N$2600 per month and are from drought stricken rural areas will be eligible for government drought relief food.
Windhoek- A Namibian company recruiting qualified graduates with excellent command of English to go teach English at Chinese private schools in Asia have refuted claims that this is a human trafficking syndicate.
An 18-year-old man found himself in police custody following allegations that he sexually violated his 10-year-old sister since she was five years old.
Katima Mulilo – Mubakweli Kumuetapili wa Liluko la Kutisezo ya Mubu mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, Charles Musiyalike ufumaneha fahala komano yamubu, kwaminganda yalikomu kwa Mumona
WINDOKO – Ngambela wanaha Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila ni mubakweli wahae Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, viki yefelile nebalaezi babusisi balikiliti kuli basike
WINDOKO – Mueteleli wanaha viki yefelile nazibahalize linanga lacwale lelitaselize babañata mwanaha kaufela kakuba nako yetata yanaha. Kuzwa silimo sa 2013 nekubihilwe pula yelikani mwalibaka zeñata zanaha, kacwalo mafulisezo nasukehile mi nasina hande nako yakushoshomela. Patalazo yeo kiyabulalu mwalilimo zesilezi muuso inge uzibahaza nako yetata.
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Martin Andjaba, recently announced that N$355 million would be needed to pay veterans’ monthly allowances (subvention grant).
ONGWEDIVA - The ongoing drought which is causing displeasure of animal movement in the country could be the cause of the recently reported outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Oshikoto Region.
SWAKOPMUND - Governor of the Erongo Region Cleophas Mutjavikua and several councillors in the region have appealed to government to avail farms belonging to the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) for resettlement purposes.
OKOMUBONDE- KatjiÞu ndino atjiharamenwe, embo rOtjimbanderu poo Otjiherero ritja nao.
OTJOMUISE- Ovakuramenepo vOvaherero nOvakwena Oritjavari otjivatjivisire kutja vayarurakisa otjiposa tjawo kunehi rOvandoitji mOtjombanguriro Tjokombanda Tjomayarurakisiro wOviposa tja New York mOmahi Omakutsanane wa America.
WINDHOEK - Government is in the process of considering granting longer employment permits for up to five years for serious investors and professionals with scarce or rare, most-sought after skills, the Executive Director in the Ministry of
SWAKOPMUND - At 57 years old, furniture maker Mary Murembe is inching her way closer to retirement, but before she retires, she still needs to keep the production rolling, even more so after being commissioned by a charity project to assemble dog houses for distribution in the informal settlements in Swakopmund.
WINDHOEK - Agricultural Business Development Agency (Agribusdev), Managing Director, Petrus Uugwanga, this week refuted allegations that he has failed to convene a meeting aimed at addressing the parastatal’s out-dated board of directors.
NKURENKURU - Nkurenkuru CEO, Petrus Sindimba, says preparations for this year’s upcoming expo are well on track and is urging businesses, companies and ministries to book their stalls on time to avoid disappointment.
WINDHOEK – The Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) recently responded to media reports suggesting irregularities and/or shortcomings within the central procurement agency
KEETMANSHOOP - The Landless Peoples’ Movement (LPM) in a recent press statement compared the government’s decision to give marketing incentives to farmers who intend to destock by selling their livestock due to the prevailing drought “to resuscitating an already dead person”.
WINDHOEK - Namibian Police Force Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has revealed ‘Operation Hornkranz’ will cease on Friday. However, another police-led law enforcement operation, code-named operation Kalahari Desert, will commence immediately thereafter nationwide.
WINDHOEK –In line with stimulating youth entrepreneurship and addressing the constraint of access to finance, a skills-based lending facility has been introduced at Development Bank of Namibia (DBN). This is according to the Harambee Prosperity Plan progress report dated April 2019.
WALVIS BAY - The #Khaxab Royal house of Chief Samuel #Khaxab says the Topnaar chieftaincy rightfully belongs to the #Khaxab and it should be restored as such by appointing him as the rightful person to take over from the late Chief Seth Kooitjie.
SWAKOPMUND - The new container terminal constructed at a cost of N$4 billion at Walvis Bay will be commissioned within three months. Namport upon inquiry yesterday told New Era the new container terminal is currently 96 percent complete with only the final touches being added to the mega project.
RUNDU – Shadikongoro government irrigation project is about to reap what it sowed. According to its manager Daniel Marais the project expects to soon harvest about 3 500 tonnes of maize that they planted on January 23.
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development has also not been spared in terms of budget cuts for the 2019/20 financial year - a situation described to have adverse implications towards Namibia’s industrialisation drive.
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As fate would have it, my friend of close to fifty years, Kavazeua Ngaruka, passed on, on 28th March 2019 (that happens to be my wife’s birthday) and was laid to rest on 06th April 2019 (one day short of my birthday, which falls on 07th April).
WINDHOEK - Namibia’s very own Dr Japie van Zyl, a Solar System Exploration Director at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), has reliably informed this publication that last month they detected the first Mars quake.
WINDHOEK - The University of Namibian offers support and confidentiality through its counselling services to students who have suffered sexual assaults.
KEETMANSHOOP- Julian Bloodstaan, a part-time communal farmer in the //Kharas Region has not yet given up hope, despite losing more than two-thirds of his livestock.
KATIMA MULILO - The Deputy Director of Land Reform in Zambezi Region, Charles Musiyalike, is at the centre of a land dispute at Mumona and Nechakala cattle posts in Lusese area.
WINDHOEK- Out of the N$500 million budget allocated to the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust), an approximately 70 percent goes towards personnel expenditure.
WINDOKO - Muuso uekelize musulo wakulwanisa linanga mwaofefi ya Ngambela wanaha kuzwa fabolule ba mashumi alobañwi (N$92.86 million) kuisa kubolule bamwanda kabamashumi amabeli (N$123.5 million). Namibia italimani nilinako
KAMANJAB – Babanca babafitelela myanda yemine kuzwelela mwalikiliti zanaha zelishumi kazene, nebaitombozi kulukisa lukwakwa lwa sibaka sasilelezo yalifolofolo sa Etosha, mi neba yahile sinca lukwakwa lwa silelezo ya litou kwamunzi wa
SWAKOPMUND – Mwana naha China yana tamilwe kakukulubelwa kuli nabata kuleka mubeleki wakatengo katolopo kweta, kakumufa N$200 kuli asike amufa mulatu wamafosisa ahae, nalukuluzwi viki yefelile kasamulaho akulifa mali alikana N$10
ONGWEDIVA – The Namibian Training Authority (NTA) last week marked the commencement of the expansion of infrastructural development at both Nakayale and Valombola vocational training centres for a combined amount of N$90.7 million.
WALVIS BAY – Police impounded alcohol worth thousands of dollars, while traffic fines to the tune of N$25 250 were issued during the second phase of Operation Hornkranz carried out on Friday and Saturday in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has rebutted allegations by the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani that he cut him short during his contribution to the budget
OTJOMUISE- Epukiro eetenga nambano mourunga wovinamwinyo mozoresevate zOrukondua rOmatoororero rwa Maheke. Orata yOkarukondua kOmatoororero ka Pukiro, Vejamuavi Kanguatjivi matja nao tjaziririre kombongarero yotjiwana okarukondua kukari nayo Oritjavari mOmauezonjanda pomberoo ye okutara mourunga wovinamwinyo mokarukondua.
OTJOMUISE- Okanepo ko Rally for Democracy and Debvelopment (RDP) mombongarero yOtjiwana, Mike Kavekotora, wasewa nomapura we komurungu ohunga nOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja motjinyo tjinga ou¿epo aa umuwire momambo eye tjaakondjisa okukongorera omaziriro ngapewa iyo Ministera yOngaro Pokati Komahi nOmaunguriro Wawo Kumwe, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah nganda ondjuwo aiha¿ika.
OMUTHIYA - There is an African proverb saying, “An environment must be suited to the age and men to their environment”. Putting the proverb into practice, a group of 40 farmers from the Onyaanya Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, gathered to deliberate on new farming methods to survive the current drought.
NKURENKURU – The Namibian Police Force Regional Commander for Kavango West, Commissioner Josephat Abel, has called on residents of Kavango West to report criminal activities and work closely with the police to help combat crime and maintain peace.
ONDANGWA - As the country strives to become industrialised, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has implored local businesses to support one another by developing business linkages to source local products.
OSHAKATI - Cassinga day is a very emotional day for me, it is a difficult time and once I hear about Cassinga commemorations, I always cry because it is not an easy day for me,” 78-year-old Maria Nantanga from Omuthitugwalwani in Omusati Region, a Cassinga survivor said.
KAMANJAB – More than 400 youths from the 14 regions across the country worked on the dilapidated fence of Etosha National Park and rebuilt the damaged elephant protection wall in Makalani village in Kunene Region as part of the commemoration of National Youth Week.
OTJIWARONGO - The resealing of seven kilometres of tar road in Otjiwarongo will receive the largest portion of the town’s 2019/2020 municipal capital projects budget allocation, after council approved the budget on Monday.
The African National Congress (ANC) is a true liberation party which brought about majority rule, democracy, respect for the rule of law and human rights in South Africa and ended the apartheid regime in that country.
Following the National and Presidential Elections in 2014, the Swapo Party election manifesto was adopted as government policy for the period 2015-2019. Subsequently, Cabinet by its decision No. 44/02.06/003 adopted the said manifesto and directed that all government offices, ministries and agencies, regional and local authority councils as well as State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) should incorporate the manifesto into their strategic and annual plans.
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EENHANA - While the Eenhana Town Council made great strides in housing provision, council is struggling with waste disposal as the oxidation pond is not sufficient for the town.
ONDANGWA - Two micro projects within Ondangwa Rural Constituency have benefited from the micro project financing run by the office of the councillor at Eheke settlement.
OMUTHIYA -Build It in Omuthiya aided three shack-fire victims by providing building materials, after a thirteen year-old-girl last week set alight the shacks in what is believed to be a vengeful act. They are all in one house.
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KAKEKETE – Kakekete villagers, deep in the forests of Ndiyona constituency, have constructed a wall made of rocks around their water reservoir to prevent elephants from damaging them.
KEETMANSHOOP - Raised in a family where teaching runs in the blood, Shannen da Rocha – who walked away with four prestigious accolades qualifying her as the top performing Unam student for the 2019 academic year – shed more light on her journey leading to such outstanding achievements, in an exclusive interview with New Era.
KEETMANSHOOP – McHenry Venaani the leader of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has avowed to transform the country into a “changed Namibia where all of us can have an equal footing” since they “need a true government of the people for the people”.
WINDHOEK - Child labour is a global concern, with the agricultural sector accounting for the majority of child labourers.
WINDHOEK – The distribution of employment in Namibia by economic sector in 2017 was made up of 20.24 percent of the employees active in the agricultural sector, 19.56 percent in industry and 60.2 percent in the service sector.
WINDHOEK – It is imperative that financial resources allocated in the national budget circulate in the domestic economy, as more money spent locally will have a greater impact on economic growth and job creation. This is according to a local
WINDHOEK - Being a farmer, and thus the owner of agricultural land in Namibia, is regarded as a privilege, although not every citizen in the country can own it.
WINDHOEK - Despite the prominent role played by Namibian trade unions in the country’s struggle for independence, and regardless of the fact that the labour movement is still among the strongest of Namibia’s ‘civil society’ organisations, trade
WINDHOEK – The 2018 National Labour Force Survey results point to an increased need to address youth unemployment, which is estimated to have increased from 43 percent in 2016 to 46 percent by 2018, while the net effect on the overall unemployment rate is assessed to be generally neutral.
WINDHOEK – Josephine Shifotoka – passionately known as simply Meme Kayoso by her colleagues – is an inspiration to New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) where she is employed as a general worker.
EENHANA - Despite the global economic hardships, the Eenhana Town Council has increased its budget by at least 4.8 percent and reduced its expenditure by a whopping 40 percent.
UUKWANDONGO – Dissimilar to preceding celebrations of the Omagongo festival, Omunyekadhi Adelheid Mupiya of Ongandjera rewarded 10 women who contributed the most litres of omagongo for the festival.
SWAKOPMUND – The Swakopmund council has availed N$850 000 towards the construction of a shelter to assist displaced fire victims at the town.
WINDOKO – Piho yamuuso yene izibahalizwe viki yefelile, ibonisa kuli “silimo se ikaba samaswenyeho”, kasamulaho akutokwa pula, mi muuso uelezwa kutaleleza milelo yakulwanisa linanga kusina tiyeho, ili kuli sicaba sesise sizielehile
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RUNDU – Bana ba China bababeli, babanyazwa mwakezahalo yacwalecwale yakubulaya mubeleki wabona, Hausiku Andreas Muyevu, kwa munzi wa Andara mwa silalanda sa Mukwe, nebahanezwi kuzekela taba yabona kwande, hane
WINDOKO – Mafelo aviki amukiti wapaseka nasika ikela feela kusina likozi zafamukwakwa, mi balobapeli nebalatehezwi kibupilo bwabona. Kanako yeswana ñohola batu baketalizoho nebabihilwe kuli nebatimezi mwanaha kaufela.
SWAKOPMUND - A collaborative mindset is needed to fully maximise the potential of Africa’s oil and gas industry to reinvest its earnings to other sectors such as agriculture and infrastructure.
KAMANJAB – Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has called upon young people, in particular those in rural areas, to take up opportunities available under conservation institutions to empower themselves.
KAMANJAB – China firmly supports Namibia in combatting illegal wildlife activities such as illicitly carrying and smuggling wild animal products, a senior official from its local embassy said.
OMUTHIYA -The Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has granted an audience with distressed community members of Omuthiya and surrounding villages who claim to have been robbed and unfairly compensated by the town council when they ceded their land to pave way for township development.
TONDORO - A seven-year-old girl drowned and died on Thursday last week while playing along the Kavango River with other kids at Tondoro village in Tondoro Constituency of Kavango West.
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ONGWEDIVA – Fillemon Nangolo Shuumbwa – one of the two men claiming to be the king of Ondonga – said there was nothing sinister about his absence from the Omagongo festival held in Ongandjera over the weekend.
KEETMANSHOOP – The University of Namibia (Unam)’s southern campus in Keetmanshoop in the //Kharas Region is on an exciting growth path, said Chancellor Nangolo Mbumba at a graduation ceremony here.
OTJOMINGONDO, OTJAUANA- Omurari wOndjivisiro Ombaranga omayuva womasuviro mare wOkambo Konÿiro were okuyekurikutjira komunane wawo Marina MaÞunÿu nguri otjiuri tjawo pombakero yaina, Vinde Webb ngwaÞire Oritjatatu ndazuko.
RUNDU - Rundu still needs a member of the council to be sworn in to complete its management in order to be fully functional, however the two Swapo councillors, former Rundu mayor Verna Sinimbo and former deputy mayor Ralf Ihemba say they are fine as ordinary members of council for now.
ONGWEDIVA - The Oukwanyama Traditional Authority said it will not dwell into the allegations made by a group of protestors against their tribal head Ohamba Martha Christian Nelumbu and her authority.
WINDHOEK- The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will hire helicopters to be used specifically in Kunene and Zambezi regions during supplementary registration of voters, polling process and voter education due to the geographic nature of these two regions.
Oluno - Karuha kamwe kezimo lyovandonga wouhompa nkera kavatamekere kurugana pamberewa eyi yapumbwapo omu Konisa Kalenga navakamutungika akare Hompa govandonga ndi asi (Omukwaniilwa) meraka lyawo”.
Rundu – Ruha ronombudi nomapukururo Ministeragona Engel Nawatiseb katente asi epangero kuna mosirugana mulyo gomagwanekero nokutara asi yinke nawa nawa yakaramo mokutara asi yikambekeko keekonomi lyosirongo nokovatungimo. Ruha our kuna tara asi dogoro papa yinke eyi vasikisamo ndi yaza mosirugana kutunda mo 1992, yimo ngoso ana kutanta murugani gwanare kosayitunga zaNew Era.
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WINDHOEK – The Easter weekend was not without accidents, with at least eight people losing their lives in road accidents during the just ended weekend.
NKURENKURU - Preparations to host the Nkurenkuru Expo Gala dinner are in full swing, says the Nkurenkuru CEO Petrus Sindimba who stressed all is set for Saturday.
OMUTHIYA – Amid widespread business closures and nationwide job losses as a result of an economic meltdown, the Omuthiya Town Council says it has repositioned itself as an emerging and preferred business destination for informal, small and medium enterprises.
OMUTHIYA -Traders operating at the renowned one-way-stop Omatala along the Omuthiya main road has expressed concern over prevailing unhygienic conditions they operate in.
GOBABIS - The Africa Group Heads of Mission in Namibia recently visited Omaheke Region to look for areas of possible economic cooperation.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has approved the modified single buyer market model for the electricity supply industry, with effect from September 1 which will allow electricity consumers and independent power producers (IPPs) to transact with each other directly for the supply of electricity to allow for competition and to allow for private sector investment.
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation has pledged to continue lobbying qualified Namibians to fill Namibia’s employment quota at the African Union (AU), which remains unoccupied.
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WINDHOEK - Swapo president Hage Geingob has said the ruling party is leading Namibia towards another historic mission, consolidating peace, unity and stability, and commanding the Namibian people into an era of prosperity.
OPUWO – Governor of Kunene Region Marius Sheya together with Constituency Councillor Johannes Atsino and their team visited the Neumbo family on their government resettlement farm to assess the progress of the lucerne project, the only and first of its kind in Kunene.
ONGWEDIVA - In its quest to drastically reduce informal settlements, the Oshakati Town Council has committed itself to relocate all the residents at Eemwandi informal settlement to the Onawa Township.
UITKOMS - Adored retired veteran politician Dr Libertina Amathila, who last held the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister, came under a barrage of misplaced criticism when she vigorously spearheaded a campaign to have the marginalized San community resettled at Farm Uitkoms.
WINDHOEK- An 11-year-old boy injured his hand after he shot himself with his father’s pistol in Gibeon on Saturday.
ONGWEDIVAS – Tarekhoedi ge 63.4 persentga ge dīǂui tsî aorega 36.6 persentgu ǀguiga, Universitaits Namibiab dis di ǀawas !âgu di ǁkhāǁkhāǂuisens ǂan!gâs kurikorobe ra dīhe ǁaxasib tawa. Sao ra !âgu Universitaits Namibiab dis !naka ra
WINDHOEK - Last week Stanlib hosted its annual Asset Management Roadshow and presented invited guests and members of the media with various views and insights covering the political, economic and investment landscapes in Namibia and neighbour South Africa.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian High Commission in Nigeria has resolved to open a Namibian Visa Processing desk in Lagos. The initiative is being implemented in partnership with Air Namibia as over 60 percent of travellers to Namibia reside in Lagos and surrounding states.
LÜDERITZ - The Refela chapter recently established in //Kharas Region elected Lüderitz mayor Hilaria Mukapuli as its regional commissioner, while Keetmanshoop councillor Hilia Titus was elected vice-commissioner and Aroab village councillor Annelien Vilander got the nod as its treasurer.
WINDHOEK – Shakwa Nyambe & Co Inc, a specialised energy and natural resources law firm with offices in Windhoek, commenced business on April 1.
RUNDU - The Chinese ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming has called on Andara residents in Mukwe Constituency and the family of the deceased who was shot dead by his Chinese boss to keep calm, and allow the case to be dealt with through legal procedures.
WALVIS BAY - The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Port Authority of Dakar to promote trade between Namibia and Senegal.
NKURENKURU - Namibia’s giant telecommunications service provider Telecom Namibia officially opened a Teleshop in Nkurenkuru and launched its services in various parts of Kavango West Region.
ONGWEDIVA - The Directorate of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Ohangwena will today resume with the registration of private off-take water connections in the region.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet announced that government has scrapped plans to buy Erindi Private Game Reserve due to a lack of financial resources.
OTJOMUISE - Omurumendu ngwahandurisiwa mofarama me¿e ya Pako matja uri me¿e yokupandjara ehire okuza nokupanda okuyandja ekoti rehi re kOngooneya ya Maheke Festus Ueitele “otjotjisuta”.
WINDHOEK - This weekend marks one of two major Christian holidays on the Christian calendar - Easter- a holiday where devout Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
WINDHOEK – The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, has cautioned drivers, who will be heading to various destinations for the Easter long weekend, to slow down, stick to the speed limit and take regular breaks to ensure that they stay safe on the roads.
WINDHOEK – Namibia is said to have the highest road accident rates in Africa and is ranked 45th on road deaths in the world, which makes the risk of driving very high in this country.
SWAKOPMUND - Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau says the government is keen to ensure that at least 340 000 metric tons (MT) of 550 000 MT fish landings is processed on shore and exported as high valued products to markets worldwide by 2022.
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RUNDU – A part of Dr Sam Nujoma Drive in Rundu will be closed off for the next five months for repairs.
ONGWEDIVA – Females formed 63.4 percent of students who graduated from the University of Namibia’s northern campuses yesterday, compared to 36.6 percent of male graduates.
GOBABEB – The 2019 Youth Environment Summit (Yes), which is hosted by the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre (GRTC), kicked-off on the 12th of April and a total number of 29 learners from nine secondary schools in Kavango East and Kavango West are participating in the event.
WINDHOEK - Members of parliaments belonging to the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) voted overwhelmingly for an emergency resolution calling for urgent action to support people of the countries of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe that were recently ravaged by Cyclone Idai recently.
ONGWEDIVA – An employee of Ondonga Traditional Authority who was allegedly forced to drink poison by three men who broke into his room at Onethindi last month succumbed to his injuries on Sunday afternoon. His mother Tresia Shipanga confirmed the sad news to New Era.
ONAYENA – Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba has called for the return of Namibia’s cultural artefacts that were collected during pre-colonial times and now lie in foreign museums.
WINDHOEK - Ganja Users of Namibia (GUN) and Rastafari United Front (RUF), both non-profit making advocacy groups, are organising a peaceful march to hand over a petition to the Speaker of Parliament.
WINDHOEK - Infrastructure networks in Africa and the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) remain highly fragmented, reflecting the continent’s small-sized nation states.
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob on Saturday thanked late Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) senior councillor Mateus Karungaiva Katjiteo for working tirelessly to develop the Eiseb community through his involvement in several initiatives, including the repatriation of the Ovambanderu community from Botswana.
WINDHOEK – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Paulus Noa said yesterday that the corruption watchdog has not received any formal complaints on the much-publicised ‘illegal installation’ of an elevator at a state-owned guesthouse occupied by former Vice-President Nicky Iyambo.
LÜDERITZ - Six learners from two schools in Lüderitz, three boys and three girls, have retained their positions as junior councillors for 2019.
NKURENKURU - Kavango West Regional governor Sirkka Ausiku says her region will continue to invite investors to region in a bid to uplift the livelihoods of residents and for businesses to thrive.
TSOAXUBAMS – Zambiab ge hoan xa a kai !hū, Namibiab !nâ ǂgâxa-ūs tsî ǁkhāti ǂoa-ūs xūn dis hîa !Gomenǁgams di !Naoǁhôas !nâ-ū ra ǂgâxan diba. Nēs ge !Hoaǂkhaib 2017ǁî kurib disa xu ǀKhūǁkhâb 2018î kurib !gôakhâigu !oagusa.
ǀAEǁGAMS – !Hūb di ǁÛb Hage Geingob ge ǁîb di haka tsēde ge !khōǂgā hâ i saris Portugali ǁgas, Horasis Hoa !Hūbaisi ǂNûs dis tawas ge ǁîsa mâǂoa ra !hoaǂam!khaidi di ǀgui is ge; omkhâi ǁguiri-aon ǂgom!gâsiba tsî ǁgauǂui Namibiaba !hūb
OPUWO – The Pan African Women Organisation (Pawo), in conjunction with the Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC), last week assisted the girl child in the rural areas of Kunene Region by providing sanitary pads and other items to mostly disadvantaged learners at Otjiu Primary School and Musaso Combined School.
WINDHOEK – Bank of Namibia (BoN) Strategic Communication and Financial Sector Development Director Dr Emma Haiyambo said yesterday that country’s real GDP growth is projected to recover slightly to 0.3 percent in 2019, before improving to 1.9 percent in 2020.
WINDHOEK - The Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Secretariat has expressed concern that there are only two countries, namely Namibia and South Africa, who are currently manufacturing condoms in the region.
ONGWEDIVA – Johannes Bokoma Nashikaku, yana fumanwi mulatu kwamakalo akweli ye mwakuitenga mwakufundota lifolofolo zehanisizwe, Labubeli natomezwi kulifa N$30 000,
WINDOKO – Musali walilimo zemashumi amane kazepeli (42), yalumelwa kuli naile kwañaka kuyo laula, kasamulaho akukula mwatoho, natimezi kasamulaho wakunwa mulyani wana filwe. Nakalile kutaza mi nashwezi onafo, mapokola
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WINDOKO – Kutokwa buiswalo kwababeleki mwaofesi yebona zakufa mañolo abukwaezi ili yezibahala hahulu ka Natis, ili babalekisa mañolo abukwaezi mwalinzila zefosahezi kwabakwaezi babasina lyano famukwakwa sihulu bakwaezi babansu,
WINDHOEK – The central bank, the Bank of Namibia, on Friday dropped the hammer on yet another online financial scheme operating in the country, this time declaring popular Longrich Bioscience an illegal financial scheme.
WINDHOEK - Minister of Works and Transport John Mutorwa has called on the newly appointed Road Transportation Board to be analytical when executing their functions so as to make a meaning contribution to Namibia’s socio-economic development.
WINDHOEK - City of Windhoek CEO Robert Kahimise has asked the city mayor and chairperson of council to convene a meeting to consider and resolve the withdrawal or quashing of the charges against the suspended City Police chief Abraham Kanime and investigations against himself (Kahimise).
KEETMANSHOOP - Clinton Bernadus Swartbooi, leader of the Landless People's Movement (LPM), has urged members to “join hands in a walk to transformation” during a mass rally in Keetmanshoop over the weekend.
RUNDU - Information and Communication Technology Deputy Minister Engel Nawatiseb says government recognises the strategic importance of ICT and the major role it plays in contributing to the economic development of Namibia and her citizens.
ONAMUNGUDO - The Council of Traditional Leaders has expressed dismay with the manner in which traditional communities handle issues relating to chieftainship succession.
WALVIS BAY- A teary Bisey /Uirab has urged all Namport stakeholders to render the same support he received to the next CEO of Namport.
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OTJOMUISE - Ounane kakatjiukwa otjomunane, nungwari ohunga notjiungura tjounane; Ounane okupangina ovakongorere kutja verire ihi tjaa vehathjiwa kutja maavekarira eyuva rimwe;
WINDHOEK - Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba will be in Zambia this month to celebrate the 95th birthday bash of that country’s first president Dr Kenneth Kaunda.
WINDHOEK- Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) lawmaker Mike Kavekotora says the poverty endured by many Namibians is man-made “because government chooses politically correct decisions over economic realities”.
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ONAMUNGUNDO – In life Omukwaniilwa Immanuel Kauluma Elifas was called a king, advocate of change, unifier and a caring father figure who aspired to serve his people with dignity.
WINDHOEK – The Anti-corruption Commission’s(ACC) Director-General Paulus Noa says people are relatively scared to report corruption or abuse in their workplace-and those who do-fail to provide substantive evidence.
ONGWEDIVA - Vaporosi vaNamibia momukunda gwaOhangwena kava geve marondoro kovakurona asi vahasigasi vanona vawonona nona vahana kukara mekeverero konyima tupu munona gumwe kanwine nomutji douvera woyingondwe eyi
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WINDHOEK – The Road Fund Administration (RFA) yesterday announced a sponsorship commitment towards remedial classes to be conducted at Oshapapa Junior Secondary School in the Oshikoto region as part of an initiative aimed at promoting education in the region through EduSense Namibia.
WINDHOEK - The 2018 report of the UN Secretary-General on Women, Peace and Security reveals that the representation of women among military troops and police officers remains unacceptably low, at four percent and 10 percent respectively.
BEIJING - A Chinese diplomat says he has observed with concern how some Namibian media is being influenced by the western media when it comes to reporting on Namibia – China relations, which dates back to the liberation period.
OSHAKATI - The newly appointed governor of Oshana Region Elia Irimari yesterday urged the region’s leadership to lead towards sustainable prosperity.
WINDHOEK - Disgraced Zimbabwean banker and former minority shareholder in the liquidated SME Bank Enock Kamushinda, has lodged a new application in the Windhoek High Court in which he demands that the Bank of Namibia refunds shareholders within 30 days.
DOHA, QATAR - Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi says parliament has a great role to play in enhancing peace, security, good governance and the rule of law as its mandate is law making.
ONGWEDIVA- The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will today kick off with the supplementary registration of voters for the Ondangwa Urban Constituency by-election, slated for June 15.
RUNDU - A police officer driving a Toyota Land Cruiser on Sunday crashed into a vehicle stock yard belonging to Pupkewitz Kavango Toyota opposite Ndama Service Centre in Rundu.
KEETMANSHOOP - As part of government’s continuous efforts to address the plight of senior citizens in the country, the council and management of Keetmanshoop municipality has introduced various measures aiming to benefit the elderly of the capital of the south.
WINDHOEK – Political Science lecturer at the University of Namibia, Ndumba Kamwanyah, has labeled lawmakers who abscond without reason from parliament-as well as those who merely show face and then disappear during proceedings- as “dishonest and dishonorable” individuals who must be recalled.
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KEETMANSHOOP - As part of its corporate social responsibility, beer brewing giant ABInBev donated mattresses, blankets and pillows worth more than N$200 000 to seven old-age homes and other elderly people at the Women’s Action for Development (WAD) Centre in Keetmanshoop last weekend.
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KöES - When passing the red dunes of the small village of Köes, it could easily be assumed that not much is taking place in the area – but evidence on the ground paints a picture to the contrary.
ONGWEDIVA – The lack of budget in Ohangwena Region is hindering water provision, particularly to the much drought-stricken constituencies that to date have no water pipelines.
!GOMENǁGAMS – ǁAma-aona ra ǂgaoǂgao!nâ Rob Parkeri ge ra mî, ǁaeb go a ǁhâsa ǂhanub nî Namibiaǁîna ǁkhaubasa Brazila xu ra ǂ gâxa-ūhe ani!ân !oagu, nēs ge ǂurusib !harib ai ǀgui hâ tama hâ ǂganǀgaub tsîna !khōǂgā hâ. ǁÎb ge !gâi tama ǀgaub hîab Brazila ǂoaǂamsa !ân anin dina ū-oa tsî ani!aogu, aniǂaidi tsî ǀnî hâ ǁgaiǁgaibe !âna ra ǂgâxa-ūba ǀau tsî ra mî nēs ǁkhāti ǂurusiba ǁkhōǁkhōsasib !nâ mâis ǀguis ose xawe !hū!nāsi aniǂharuguga ra !gamsa.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab !hūǁîn ge ra ai!gû ǀhubuǀhubusenxūn ǀkha ǂharugusa ǁîn !khōhe ge !kharaga !hūǁîn ǁaegu hoan xa ǀgapise mâse. ǂNūǁnâiseb 2017ǁî kurib diba xun ge 400 xa a !nāsa Namibiaǁîna ǀhubuǀhubusenxūn ǀkha !khōhe hâ.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǁHûidi Ôa!nâ!nans (ECN) ge ǂoago wekheb Mantaxtsēs ai ge ǂanǂan, ǁîs nî nē ǁkhâb ǀunis ai dītoasa ǁaupexa 15 000 soadi ǁaerob ǀguiba nî !khōǂgā sîsenaon dide, hîa nî nē kurib, 2019 !nâ nî hâ hāǀaro ra xoamâisendi
WINDHOEK - The Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) is mourning the death of Senior Headman Mateus Katjiteo (90), who died at his home village of Otjondondu in Eiseb Block, Omaheke Region on Friday.
WINDHOEK - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) received N$61.6 million for the 2019/2020 financial year, which translates to 1.4 percent more than the previous year and totalling about N$184.8 million over the medium-term expenditure framework - an estimate of the budget over the next three years to support activities to fight against corruption.
WINDHOEK – A N$1.1 billion portion of the money advanced to Namibia by the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be – together with government’s own funding of N$831.9 million - channelled towards logistics infrastructure, mainly rail and road, agricultural mechanisation and school infrastructure renovation.
OMUTHIYA – Malumahe musizana walilimo zene, naswelwi mwakezo kibokukwa musizana abitelela mwanana mwasimu ya mauza, mwatasa kota ya marula.
WINDOKO – Bayahi banaha Namibia bazwelapili kuba falimu amukoloko wabatu babasebelisa likwai zehanisizwe, mi bayahi babafitelela myanda yemine, nebatamilwe kuzwa kweli ya Yenda mwasilimo sa 2017. Linombolo kuzwelela kwasipokola sanaha, libonisa kuli babanyazwa ba 572 neba tamilwe mi ba 455 neli bayahi banaha Namibia mwahala kweli ya Yenda ni Ñulule.
RUNDU – Kampani yebona zanjimo ili yezibahala ka Agricultural Business Development Agency (AgriBusDev), ika lekisa purojekiti yakuselaela ya Ndonga-Linena mwasikiliti sa Kavango ya Upa, purojekiti ya kuselaela ya Orange River Irrigation
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WINDHOEK- Parliamentarian and Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader, McHenry Venaani, says his party, when it takes over government, will enact a law that will reserve 30 percent of all government procurements for youth and women.
EENHANA – Hituwamata Primary School in Eenhana circuit in the Ohangwena Region, which sometimes taught learners under trees due to lack of formal space, has received one new classroom and a storeroom.
ONGWEDIVA – The police in Ohangwena Region have warned parents and guardians not to leave minor children unattended after two minor children feasted on epilepsy tablets which claimed the life of one of the minor boys.
OMUTHIYA - Development is crawling into Onayena, with 32 plots recently electrified in the relatively newly proclaimed settlement.
RUNDU - The University of Namibia’s Vice-Chairperson of Council, Rosalia Martins-Hausiku, reminded graduates during a Unam Rundu Campus graduation ceremony on Thursday that success is possible – even to those born in a village where basic amenities are often a rare commodity.
ONGWEDIVA – The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) said the drought situation in the Etosha National Park is partly to blame for the escape of several wild animals reported in recent weeks.
WINDHOEK - Namibia will be the first African nation to host the Global Focal Point Network’s third annual meeting on women, peace and security. The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation will host this international meeting this week from April 10 to 11 in Windhoek.
KEETMANSHOOP- The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) last weekend held its regional conference in Keetmanshoop to elect its new regional party representatives.
OSHIFUKWA - A physically challenged subsistence mahangu farmer from Oshifukwa in Oshikoto Region says there is no prospects for a good harvest this cropping season because of lower than expected rains as many Namibian farmers still depend on rain-fed crop farming.
OMUTHIYA - Governor of the Oshikoto Region Henock Kankoshi has pleaded for sanity and level-headedness among the two fierce Ondonga Traditional Authority factions as the nation mourns the death of their revered king, Immanuel Kauluma Elifas.
SWAKOPMUND – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chief executive officer Paulus Noa says some board directors collect sitting fees but fail to carry out their full mandate especially when it comes to the investigation of corruption and other irregularities at their institution.
ONGWEDIVA - The Institute for Open Learning (IOL) on Thursday conferred certificates in policing as well as certificates, diplomas, degrees and honors in education to almost 250 students at its Ongwediva campus.
OTJOMUISE-Ombara yOvambanderu, Kilus Munjuku III Nguvauva werikutu kunontjikumutundu tjovanaruhoze mbumaveyandja ondozikiro kunguri ihe wina ombara Immanuel Kauluma Elifas okumuzemburukira kouharupu we nomakwambero we wodunge mouzeu namoupupu.
RUNDU - The University of Namibia’s Rundu Campus conferred 16 nursing degrees and nine nursing diplomas a first of its kind. Overall, about 461 young professionals received degrees and diplomas in Education, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation, Business Administration, Accounting and Nursing.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) wants employers to submit claims for the Employer Training Grant (ETG) for the financial year 2018/19 before May 1.
WINDHOEK – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says the N$220 million allocated to it for the 2019/20 financial year is not sufficient to successfully cover the November Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Windhoek – Vakomisare kumwe nomberewa zawo moNamibia ndi asi ECN, vanatura ezuva 15 Pembagona, momapeu, asi yilyo ezuva ngagakara mahoroworo gokukwateramo momukunda gwaOndangwa zomodoropa yimo ngoso mbudi ana kuzigava mugendesi pamberewa Theo Muyoro yimo ngoso ana kutanta kosayitunga zaNew Era, nkera.
KöES – Whilst it is a given for most of us to live under a decent shelter, the same cannot be said about a man living in a place where other people normally relieve themselves.
WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi will lead a delegation of Namibian parliamentarians to the 140th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly to be held in Doha, Qatar from April 6 to 10.
KEETMANSHHOP- The Executive Committee for the Keetmanshoop Agricultural, Industrial and Tourism Expo recently held a gala dinner to raise funds for their upcoming expo.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has dispatched a team to Uukwiyu-Uushona to monitor and recapture the rhino spotted roaming around that area.
LÜDERITZ - The chairperson of //Kharas Regional Council and !Nami#nus Constituency Council Jan Scholtz heaped praise on the Ministry of Environment and Tourism for over the years developing guidelines and action plans to ensure it preserves and cares for the country’s wild horses that generate revenue through tourism.
KES - Concerned over what they claim is rampant embezzlement of the coffers of their village on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, residents of Köes early this week staged a peaceful demonstration demanding the immediate suspension of their CEO, Willy Humphries, for alleged complicity in fraud.
ONGWEDIVA - Five learners at Shituwa Secondary School in Endola in Ohangwena Region were treated for minor injuries after their dormitories were hit by a storm on Tuesday evening.
OMUTHIYA - The recently completed 2.4-kilometre water pipeline has brought joy and relief to the drought-stricken community of Omadhiya in Oniipa Constituency, as the Rural and Water Supply Directorate opened the taps on Tuesday.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture will not divulge its findings on the probe by the education directorate on an intimacy between a principal and a learner.
SWAKOPMUND - Meat and meat products worth around N$500 000 were reduced to ashes yesterday just before lunchtime when a refrigerated truck broke out in flames about 30 kilometres on the way to Swakopmund.
RUNDU - John Thighuru, who is the chairperson of the Kavango East Regional council and Regional Councillor for Mukwe Constituency that borders Botswana on the south, has revealed the fence between Namibia and Botswana has been laying damaged for some time with no effort to replace it. Mukwe Constituency is in Kavango East Region
WALVIS BAY - Elgin Brown and Hamer Namibia (EBH) will pay out N$873 284 referred to as scrap money to about 350 employees apart from those in management positions.
OMUTHIYA – Pained by the fate of learners at Iipindi Secondary School who for years have lived in squalid shacks that they rent in Oshikoto, the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has embarked on a mission to construct a school hostel for the affected learners.
ONGWEDIVA - A 29-year-old woman survived a panga attack that left her with deep cuts on her head and arms at the hands of her 40-year-old ex-boyfriend on Tuesday.
WINDHOEK - A female congregant at a local church was admitted at a psychiatric unit yesterday, following reports she abused her nine-year-old daughter purportedly because the child is apparently ‘possessed by demons’ and the woman has also been making death threats towards her daughter.
WINDHOEK - The ruling party Swapo has joined hands to support the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela against the illegitimate economic sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States of America.
WINDHOEK - Namibia together with other African nations across the region have opened a new chapter in their military cooperation with India, a step stretching the long-standing close relationship between the Asian giant and the African continent.
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ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ge ǂoago wekheb Donertaxtsēs ai ge ǂguro Afrikab ǁaedi ǀgui kai hîa gomaǁgan-e Republiki Chinab dib ǁga nî sîǂuise, ǁnāpab ge 21 tongu gomaǁgan-e Chnab hîa !hūbaib !nâb ǁîba hoan xa a kai ǁama-aona ūhâba !oa.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Māsa ūhâ ǀgaipe-aos, Esperance Luvindaos ge ǀgaipetsana xoa-aosis !nâ 13 kurixas asa xu hâ. “Tita ge ti skolǂgâs !nâ ǁnāti ī skoli hîa kaise ǂhanu tsî ǂkhanuse !hoaǂharus ai ge !gao!gao hâ ib !nâ ge ǂgâ. Nē skoli ge ǁkhāti
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab sîsenosib !gôab ge ǁaupexa 0.6 persentgu ǀkha ǁgôaxa hâ 2016 ai-i ge 34 persentgu ai mâ isa xu 2018 ai 33.4 kōse ge ǁgôaxa. Nē !nurib ge Ôa!nâdi Xenerali Alex Shimuafenib, ra mîsa !oab ge sîsenosiba “kaise ǀgapi”
WINDHOEK - Business & Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) is reviewing the Copyright Act, Act 6 of 1994 by engaging all its stakeholders in the creative industry in order to develop an all-inclusive law.
WINDHOEK - As the rainy season is coming to an end some areas in Windhoek received 48 hours of light to moderate rainfall that resulted in 70mm of rain, as well as over other parts of the central areas of Namibia over the past weekend. It was a question of too little too late, say weather forecasters.
WINDHOEK – The board of directors of the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa), the state-owned news agency, pocketed around N$418 000 in fourteen sittings in 2016, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Stanley Simataa revealed last week.
SWAKOPMUND - A government driver attached to the Office of the President was arrested early Friday morning in Swakopmund for drunk-driving, reckless or negligent driving, after he rammed the government vehicle into the wall of the Swakopmund Veterinary Clinic
UUKWANGULA - Some villagers under Uukwambi Traditional Authority have won a case against their traditional authority concerning the preservation of their natural resources.
OPUWO – Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) continued with its corporate mission to take services to the people by opening a new mobile shop to serve its clientele in Opuwo, the first such facility in Kunene Region.
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ONGWEDIVA - The persistent water woes at Amarika in the Omusati Region are expected to ease in June once the 53 km stretch of the Okatumba-Amarika water pipeline has been completed.
RUNDU - The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, says one of the reasons why some government projects that are budgeted for do not get completed is the bad attitude of officials who do not supervise the progress of projects to ensure their completion.
SWAKOPMUND - A Walvis Bay resident arrested for the alleged statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl was ordered on Monday when he was granted bail of N$3 000, not to come in contact with the minor or commit a similar act.
ONGWEDIVA – Muuna ni musala ahae, ili babapila mwa Oshakati, nebakile bayo yumba libyana zabona, kakuli ‘nelina ni mioya yemaswe ni mibala yamioya yalififi’, neba bulelezi mapokola ni batu bane bambwetukile. Muuna ni musala ahae babasali babanca nebailo latela libyana zabona kwamayumbelo afumaneha mwa Ongwediva manzibuana Lasunda viki yefelile
WINDOKO – Nombolo yababasabeleki nekutezi hainyani fafasi ka 0.6 pesenti, Kuzwa mwa 34 pesenti kasilimo sa 2016 kutaha mwa 33.4 pesenti kasilimo sa 2018.
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As Namdeb continues creating a positive legacy, employees will be featured under the theme of Mining and Inclusivity during the month in which Namibia celebrates its independence.
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OMUTHIYA -Local people and from the surroundings of Omuthiya who previously procured most of their building materials from Ondangwa have welcomed the recent opening of Build It, a hardware store in Omuthiya, with the Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba saying the new venture will bring relief.
RUNDU - To save lives on our Namibian roads, road users should adhere to road rules and regulations that if not adhered to could cost lives cautioned the Minister of Works and Transport John Mutorwa, who appealed to road users to be cautious on the roads.
WALVIS BAY - The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) says the report represented by Rainer Ritter of the Economic Association of Namibia (EAN) on the state of Namport is ‘slanderous.’
WINDHOEK - Women’s Action for Development (WAD) executive director Salatiel Shinedima feels that Treasury must seriously consider the exemption of sanitary products from value added tax (VAT).
OMUTHIYA -The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry together with Meat Corporation (Meatco) is devising plans to extend the redline and rezone the Mangetti area in Oshikoto Region into a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-free zone.
WINDHOEK - State House has revealed despite a series of recent media reports that insinuated the Founding Father of the Nation Sam Nujoma benefitted illegally from a presidential housing scheme, Nujoma has a sense of frugality because he turned down a state-funded party for his 90th birthday.
WINDHOEK - The Electoral Commotion of Namibia (ECN) has revealed that a former Swapo politburo member silently registered last week to stand as an independent presidential candidate in this year’s election.
OTJOMUISE- Ngunda amaha¿eno wotjimariva tjohoromende tjombura kombura indji o 2019/2020 tjitjiri kombanda yOzondola za Namibia omatau o 60 mutjo otjimariva tjomekurisiro tjitjayeruruka nozoperesende o 42 okuvaza kOzondola za
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WINDHOEK - In an on-going effort to support the homeless in Windhoek City, the Windhoek East Constituency office gave a midday meal on Tuesday for the homeless people living in the city.
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TSUMEB - Approximately 50 applicants are vying for the position of CEO at Tsumeb Municipality after the position became vacant because the Swakopmund Municipality poached the previous incumbent Alfeus Benjamin, says the mayor Mathews Hangula.
WINDHOEK - “They keep tormenting me. Today is the 28th and [marks] seven months [since my daughter’s passing],” said the late Cheryl Avihe Ujaha’s mother about a post circulating on social media alleging that she has been arrested in connection with her death.
WINDHOEK - Although gender-based violence and violence against children is prevalent, only a fraction of these acts of violence are reported and of those cases reported to the police, many end up not being successfully prosecuted, says the Unicef country representative in Namibia.
WALVIS BAY - The port of Congo-Brazzaville, Porte Noire and Namport are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding to promote trade and share expertise, as well as promote intra-regional trade in Africa.
WINDHOEK – The Bank of Namibia (BoN) and the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the NTA’s apprenticeship programme aimed at improving the quality of artisans emerging from the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector.
TSUMEB -The Ministry of Land Reform will install 16 boreholes during the current financial year on nine resettlement farms in Oshikoto for the benefit of the resettled farmers.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Kabinets ge ǂoago wekheb ai ge ǂanǂan, ǁîs ge N$572.7 miljuns nî ǀkhurub huib oe-ams ase sîsenūhesa a mā-
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ǀAEǁGAMS – Sari ge hâ i, Kenyab Presidenti, Uhuru Kenyattab ge 29ǁî aitsama mâbasens ǁâudīb Namibiab dib tawa, ǂoago Donertaxtsēs ai, koas mîde Namibiab !Gao!gao Presidenti Sam Nujomaba gere mā, 1990ǁî kurib di mâiǂgāhes haisi-ams âb
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ǂNŪǂGOAES – ǂNūǂgoaes Kai!ā ǁHûi!nâǂharis ǂGiǂgosi ǀAwemā-aos, Hilma Nicanors ge korodisi!naniǀa (56) ǂkhari-omdi hîa ǁaupexa N$1.8 miljuns ǁkhāsiba ǀhaob ai ūhâde, Ileni ǂnaumâiǁanǁguib ǁanǂgāsabena ge ǁkhaeǁnâ. ǁÎs di gowaǀîs !nâs
KUALA LUMPUR – About 500 guests, among them Namibia’s friends from regional, continental and international locations gathered at Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and celebrated in their true own unique way Namibia’s 29th Independence Day.
Indian High Commissioner to Namibia Prashant Agrawal candidly expressed his views in response to questions from Chrispin Inambao the Editor of New Era on the bilateral relationship between the two countries and how these ties could mutually benefit and enhance trade between the two.
President Hage Geingob's one-on-one interview with New Era
WINDOKO – Katengo kakamaiso yamuuso nekalukuluzi mali afitelela bolule ba N$572 (N$572.7 million) kuli asebeliswe mwakulwanisa linanga, ni kutusa baba taselizwe kilinanga.
WINDOKO – Kanako yakutabela lilimo zemashumi amabeli kaze lobapeli kuzwelela naha Namibia ifumana tukuluho kwapuso yabukoba ya South Africa,
WINDHOEK - “It is fair to conclude that the efforts to have the German government recognise genocide and pay reparations has failed to produce the desired results thus far. This was to be expected. Despite the fevered rhetoric in Namibia around this issue,” says a retired eminent Namibian and a veteran politician in his own right.
WINDHOEK – The Shack Dwellers Federation national facilitator, Edith Mbanga, proposes that all local authorities upgrade informal settlements and involve communities in the planning of and developing informal settlements.
WINDHOEK - Three persons accused of fraud in the Omuthiya local election of 2008, are being sought by the Namibian Police in connection with their case in which they are expected to appear today.
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) has launched a funding programme for students with disabilities.
OMUTHIYA - Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) are net importers of beef from south of the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF), despite a higher livestock population in the areas, says Meatco Foundation’s report on an overview of the market in the NCAs.
WINDHOEK – Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani says Namibians can’t say they are independent when the majority of people live in poverty.
WALVIS BAY – The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, says African countries must take stricter measures to fight the exploitation of their natural resources so that they can benefit people on a larger scale.
OTJOMUISE- Nandarire kokutja mena rourumbu mbwahingi ozombura naupandjarisa ovaÞuta ovinamwinyo vyao navengundipara, ohoromende nandarire momaotaotero wayo tjinga aihina otjipwe notjipangise mena rongaro yombwiko ehi muriri, oyo momayandjerero wozomburo, okutuurungira mo ministeri ndjina otjiungura ihi, ndjiri o Ministeri yOtutumbo nOvikunwa, Omeva Nomahwa, maikondjo pumaiyenene okuvatera.
WINDHOEK - Visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking at the 29th anniversary of Namibia’s independence yesterday, heaped praises on Namibian Founding President Sam Nujoma, saying that his inaugural speech in 1990 inspired him and other African leaders.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet this week announced it has approved a comprehensive drought relief intervention worth N$572.7 million to assist drought-affected communities in communal areas, who are grappling with the prevailing drought.
SWAKOPMUND - Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa has ordered the board of directors of the Institute of Mining and Technology (Nimt) to investigate corruption claims that allegedly occurred under it nose.
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WINDHOEK – A youthful teacher and a motivational speaker from Omafa village in the Omusati Region has opened a private school with the aim of making a dent in the high unemployment rate while pursuing his passion for teaching.
WINDHOEK - A 52-year old woman was raped by her 36-year old nephew in Karasburg, //Kharas Region over the weekend. According to the crime report issued by Chief Inspector Kauna Shikwambi of the Namibian police, the woman was sleeping in her room when her nephew, without permission entered her room, strangled her and raped her.
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WINDHOEK – The presidency yesterday rejected an explanation by the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) leadership for being late for a meeting scheduled on Monday with President Hage Geingob.
WINDHOEK – The Outapi Town Council accumulated an astounding N$24 million in debt for the 2018 financial year. This was revealed by the town’s chief executive officer, Ananias Nashilongo, on Tuesday morning.
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WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality has donated N$70 000 to government schools at the town for the development of gardening projects.
WINDHOEK - Auditor-General Junias Kandjeke expressed concern over the non-submission of financial statements by some local authorities and state entities to his office, saying this hampered the execution of his mandate.
WINDHOEK - If rain does not materialise in the next two weeks, maize producers in Namibia will only be able to supply about 30 percent (some 35 000 tonnes) of local demand.
WINDOKO – Muñoli wakatengo kakamaiso yamuuso, George Simataa ukupile yomuhulu wasipokola sanaha Sebastian Ndeitunga, kuli atalime taba yaku beya yanali muzamaisi wa Liluko la Makete Andreas Mwoombola milatu ya busholi ni
GOMA – Ba sipokola sa Namibia mwa sikiliti sa Zambezi, neba sweli tuñata twa matokwani totu mashumi asilezi ka totu beli, twa buima bobufita fa 15.1 kg, twa teko yamali alumelwa kufita fa N$151 000, kwa museto wa Ngoma,
WINDHOEK – Skorpion Zinc has confirmed the temporary closure of its refinery for a period of five weeks, starting 15 March 2019. The decision to close the refinery follows the depletion of ore stocks as a result of an unprotected strike from February 22, 2019 until March 06, 2019 by employees of mining contractor, Basil Read.
WINDHOEK - Desert Fruit Namibia (DFN) has been awarded with a Khalifa award, namely the Award of Pioneering development and productive project by Professor Abdelouahhab Ziad, Secretary General of the Khalifa Date Palm.
WINDHOEK - Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development Tjekero Tweya says to ensure effective reduction of the current high import bill, Namibia will have to institute a mandatory retail charter such as a ‘buy local’ policy, which will make it easier for small businesses to sell goods and services to government.
UTUSEB – A meeting to discuss the way forward for the Topnaar community, following the recent death of its chief, Seth Kooitjie, turned chaotic on Saturday afternoon.
BARAMASONI - Minister of Information and Communication Technology Stanley Simataa officially commissioned three of the 21 new network sites in Kavango West, East and Zambezi regions on Friday.
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Ondanaukiro yomwinyi nombepo yeyuru ondanaukiro yoruveze orure ndjitjitwa iyomwinyo imbwi tjimauyende amautanauka.
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ONGWEDIVA - The public particularly the youth took to social media since Tuesday to congratulate and celebrate the appointment of youthful governor Elia Irimari as governor to Oshana Region.
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WINDHOEK - A 10-member Namibian Defence Force (NDF) contingent departs for India to participate in the joint, multi-national, peacekeeping India-Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX) involving that country and several African countries.
OMUTHIYA -A truck driver who was parked in town along the Omuthiya main road fired warning shots to restrain a mentally challenged male patient who tried to board onto his truck after the mental patient escaped from under the noses of nurses from a hospital.
SWAKOPMUND - Government and the explosives industry have the responsiblty to improve the way explosives are managed in the country in order to protect its citizens at all cost.
SWAKOPMUND - Economic development and social transformation is only possible with a well-developed and maintained road infrastructure that is an enabler for economic growth and the smooth movement of goods and people.
Ongwediva – Vakansela wodoropa zaOutapi ngesi kuna kara kwahana munona godoropa kutunda tupu apa Lilya Katrina Eilo gatiuramo mbapira zina kutanta asi age ana hageke yirugana yokukara kansela sivike esi kasipwire.
Ongwediva–Presidente Hage Geingob katulire kansela gwaOndangwa Urban Elia Irimari asi yige nguuru gomupe momukunda gwaOshana.
WINDHOEK - Minister of Defence Penda ya Ndakolo said he was not aware of an embarrassing post trending on social media involving two male members of Namibian Airforce who recorded themselves indulging in oral sex.
KHORIXAS - Communities in Khorixas continue to suffer the brunt of human-wildlife conflict in former Damaraland known as Kunene Region. During 2017 alone farmers lost 270 cattle, 350 donkeys, 247 goats and 46 sheep, according to the latest statistics from the far north-western region.
AROAB - Elias !Kharuxab, Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Councillor for the //Kharas Region has revealed in an interview with New Era that the regional council has made provision for the construction of 240 toilets at Köes of which 100 have been completed at a cost of N$1,5 million.
LÜDERITZ - Lüderitz residents have been without water since Monday evening due to the fact the town has been experiencing power outages on the main line powering NamWater boreholes and boosters which led to the water level in the Lüderitz Reservoir reduced to a paltry 21 percent.
WINDHOEK- The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is in the implementation phase to establish an agency tasked with increasing the transparency of political party financing.
WINDHOEK – Erongo Marine Enterprises (EME) has given four budding young students from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) the opportunity to hone their skills in the corporate workplace during the past year through its internship programme.
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OKANGOROROSA - A 76-year-old pensioner from Okangororosa in Oshikoto Region says he chose to venture into fish farming over a shebeen, because bars were mushrooming all over.
KEETMANSHOOP - Residents of Aroab in the //Kharas Region are up in arms with authorities whom they accuse of paying little attention to their poor socio-economic circumstances at the struggling village.
ǀAEǁGAMS – ǀAeǁgams !Ā!khōmais ǀAwa!namn ge Aitsama ra Autos ǂAn!gâs !Gôasa Mû!ā tsî ǁgau (ANPR) ǀasa !khōǁnâ-ūdade ge mâi-ai!â. Nē kameradi ge ǁkhāti ǁnāti ī ǁkhāsiba ūhâ, auton hîa daob!norasasib !ûǂamdi tamas kai o nē tsi nau
ǀAEǁGAMS – !Gôab ǂhanusi mā-ams ǀkha !apuna ūhâs dib ge Namibiab !nâ !kharu ge disi!nonaǀa kurigu !nâ ǀgaisase ǂharo hâ. !Nakaǂnôa Ministeri !Norasasib tsî ǁAwosasib dib ge a māǂui !gôagu ge ra ǁgau ǁnāpan 210 000 !apuna !hūb a ǂhabase
KAKEKETES – Cocoma Junior ǂAm Skoli hîa Kakekete !garo!ās di kaise !nūse ǀgoms !nâ Ndiyona ǂGiǂgoǁhûi!nâǂharis !nâ ǁgoeb, ge kharona ge !khō!oa, !nubusib hîa ǁnā ǀhûhâsi hostels tawa hâba oe-ams ase. Skolǀgôan hîa ǁnā hostels hîa !naon
RUNDU - The Kavango East Regional Farmers Union (KERFU) says there is no irreversible environmental degradation caused by rampant timber harvesting in the region.
WINDHOEK - Scores of Namibians who benefited from the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) last Friday marked one of the most successful south-south training programmes.
OMUTHIYA - US Ambassador to Namibia Lisa Johnson is impressed by Namibia’s formalisation of the 50/50 gender representation and a zebra system into its politics, saying such success does not come without hard work, dedication and sacrifice.
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WINDHOEK - Namibia joined other 52 Commonwealth countries around the world in commemorating the Commonwealth Day yesterday, marking the 70th anniversary of the London Declaration when nations of the Commonwealth agreed to move forward together as free and equal members.
ONGWEDIVA – Amid fears of a looming drought envisaged in the country following low rainfall experienced since the start of the rainy season, 30 percent of the land at Etunda Irrigation Project near Ruacana is not under production.
OMUTHIYA - Non-communicable diseases are on the increase and remain one of the leading causes of death in the country, says the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula.
WINDHOEK – A Windhoek City councillor urged the Katutura Youth Enterprise Centre (Kayec) graduates to seek ways to create jobs for themselves instead of joining armies of jobseekers on the Namibian streets.
WINDHOEK- International Relations and Cooperation Executive Director Selma Ashipala-Musavyi yesterday confirmed that no Namibian national was on board the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa ON Sunday.
WINDHOEK - The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Council of Ministers, which started yesterday in Windhoek, will deliberate on a wide range of issues, including progress towards the implementation of priority regional initiatives.
SWAKOPMUND – Muyahi wa tolopo ya Swakopmund, Cheryl Antoinette Green, walilimo zemashumi aketalizoho kaze supile (57), yana tamilwe liviki zepeli za kwamulaho kamulatu wa kufumanwa ni matokwani ane aize ki mulya, nalukuluzwi viki
KATIMA MULILO – Balimi babañwi upa wa sikiliti sa Zambezi, mwa silalanda sa Kabbe ya Mbowela, babile ni kutulo yende,
WINDHOEK - National Democratic Party (NDP), Namibia Christian Democratic Party (CDP) and Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) are calling on the Namibian nation and stakeholders to hold a national conference to find out a lasting solution to the deteriorating economy.
ONGWEDIVA - Shareholders of the Namibian based Cassidra Fisheries understandably swindled a fellow shareholder,
OMBOTO - Early dropout is prevalent among lower primary school pupil in the Nehale Lya Mpingana Constituency, especially learners advancing to Grades 5 and 6.
WINDHOEK - The Justice Ministry is thus urging the public to access the Repeal of Obsolete Laws Act, 2018 (Act No. 21 of 2018) to familiarise themselves with it.
WINDHOEK - Following media reports over the escalation of Namibian timber exports to China in raw form, Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Tjekero Tweya, has expressed concern that the status quo should be reversed.
ONGWEDIVA – The Outapi Town Council is without a deputy mayor after Lilya Katrina Eilo tendered her resignation last week.
WINDHOEK - City Police is today conducting in-house operation against colleagues with warrants of arrest and outstanding fines.
OTJOMUISE- Otjombanguriro tjomahi omakutasane wa America tjorukondwa rwa New York komamuho woutjiro weyuva tjayandjere eningira rehi rOvandoitji rokunakaura eningira rOvaherero nOvakwena na Barnabas Veraa Katuuo rokurondora
OKASAIRA- Ouhonapare wOmbazu wa Hoveka ngunda maupandere pongurameno wayo yokuungura kunangamwa wouhonapare wombazu mbuna ovakongorere nounepo wawo moresevate ya Eiseba.
ONGWEDIVA -Passengers booked with Air Namibia on the Ondangwa - Windhoek route on Monday were left stranded after the afternoon and evening flights were cancelled.
WINDHOEK - The head of Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) Commissioner-General Raphael Tuafeni Hamunyela says the law only allows incarcerated mothers to be with their babies in prison until the age of two and from there the baby is either handed over to mother’s family or social workers to raise the child while the mother finishes her sentence.
OMUTHIYA - Unresolved internal party issues in Otjozondjupa Region might have resulted in the exclusion of Grootfontein and Otjiwarongo districts, to carry out the renewal of the mandate of leadership for sections, branches and districts whose mandate has expired.
WINDHOEK - City Police has introduced an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras that is able to identify vehicles that are associated with traffic offenses or other crimes at their roadblocks.
OMATJETE - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has come to the rescue of Daures Constituency residents who live in constant fear due to the increased population of problematic elephants by providing water to the pachyderms.
WINDHOEK - Nedbank Namibia Limited says it will not disclose the amount stolen from its Otjiwarongo branch early Monday morning given the sensitivity of the investigations.
RUNDU - The escape yesterday of two trial-awaiting inmates at the Rundu Police station in Kavango East has put a spotlight on police possibly ‘sleeping on duty’ as it came barely days after four inmates escaped at Omega.
WINDHOEK- With the devastating impacts of climate change evident, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved approximately N$124.6 million (US$ 8.9 million) grant for the implementation of a climate change adaptation project in Namibia.
WINDHOEK - In a detailed affidavit, Ian McLaren, one of the liquidators of the defunct SME Bank describes how an investigation unearthed the modus operandi used by the crippled bank’s senior Zimbabwean employees and directors to fleece the bank of hundreds of millions of dollars.
WINDHOEK - Roads Authority (RA), says 37 kilometres of the Windhoek - Okahandja dual carriageway will be completed by September this year and the remaining 21 kilometres stretching towards Okahandja to be completed by 2022.
WINDHOEK- Disgruntled foreign-trained medical and dental graduates who sat for a pre-internship exam and failed would not have met the minimum requirements to enter the country’s higher education institutions.
SWAKOPMUND - The Swakopmund Municipality has availed land for the planned construction of 1590 social and debt-financed houses at the coastal town, to ease the housing shortage at the town.
WINDHOEK- President Hage Geingob and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa had a private conversation on the margins of the launch of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work of the report in Durban last week.
WINDHOEK - Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjivivi has rebutted claims of impartiality made by opposition PDM leader McHenry Venaani who also accused him for apparently overstepping boundaries. This happened when the Speaker praised President Hage Geingob on the role he has played in Africa and internationally during the opening of Parliament last month.
LÜDERITZ - Economic development officer of Lüderitz Town Council, Peya Mushelenga says citizens at the town through feedback he sourced from radio or social media, have expressed concern about the lack of service delivery at village and town councils.
EENHANA – The new Governor of Cunene Province in Angola Vigilio Tyova visited Governor of Ohangwena Region Usko Nghaamwa to strengthen the long-standing, inter-regional links between the two bordering regions.
KAKEKETE - Cocoma Junior Primary School located at Kakekete village deep in the forest hinterlands of Ndiyona Constituency received beds to alleviate the shortage of bedding at the community hostel.
WINDHOEK- Phoenix project, an initiative by a UK-based Cardiff University, has since its inception conducted more than 38 individual projects in Namibia, valued at over N$20 million. The Phoenix project began in 2014 as a normal engagement project.
WINDHOEK - Honore Gatera who survived the horrendous Rwandese genocide which took place from April - July 1994, has shared accounts of the Rwandan genocide in which between 500 000 to a million Tsusi were slaughtered by axe and machete-wielding Hutus over a 100-day period.
WINDHOEK - There is a need to create awareness and on the extent of psychological and financial support to people suffering from rare diseases.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) under the guise of an appeal against their failure to stop The Patriot newspaper from publishing details about two farms they are utilizing and a residence they own in Windhoek West are asking the Supreme Court to determine whether the media has the legal right to publish information that is prohibited.
WINDHOEK - The recent National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) 3rd Extraordinary Congress that elected Utjiua Muinjangue as new president has generated a hot debate with socialists shouting for the immediate de-registration of the party, arguing it represents a symbol of tribal politics.
SWAKOPMUND - An increase in stolen puppies, plus that of certain breeds of dog has given rise to new fears that underground dog fighting rings and dog thief syndicates have sprung up, with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) warning pet owners across the country to be vigilant with their animals.
OMATJETE - Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has blasted agriculture, water and forestry officials for issuing permits to harvest timber in the northeast without obtaining environmental clearance certificates.
OMUTHIYA -The Ondonga Traditional Authority through the Omuthiya district court together with various village headmen are working around the clock to enforce law and order at pastures at Okashana due to persistent lawlessness and illegal occupation by farmers.
WINDHOEK- A woman who brings her unwanted baby at place of safety such as a police station or hospital instead of dumping or killing the infant will not face criminal charges, states a new provision in the landmark revised Child Care and Protection Act that was unveiled yesterday.
ONGWEDIVA – Buñata bwa balimi mwamutulo wanaha habasika lima masimu abona, niha selukeni mwakweli yabulalu ya litabula, kono pula haibonahali. Kubao bane balimile, licalano zabona seli letuka bakeñisa kutokwa pula.
KATIMA MULILO – Kuekezeha kwa likezo za kuipulaya seli likezahalo zefilikanya mwa tolopo yefumaneha mutulo-upa wanaha. Muuna walilimo zemashumi amabeli kazene, nafumanwi alepelela kwakota mwamushitu hala komponi ya Greenwell
KATIMA MULILO - Baleki ba mwamakululu nebakile bacaula mwatolopo ya Katima Mulilo ili teñi nebafitisize lipilaelo zabona kwaliluko lelibona zamabasi nikuzwa nikukena mwanaha, nikwa katengo katolopo ya Katima Mulilo, kuli balundule balekisi ba
SWAKOPMUND - Namibia has 121 regional councillors of which only 18 are women. Also, no females serve on the Omaheke, Omusati and the Zambezi regional councils, however they each have seven male councillors.
ONDANGWA - Chairperson of Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Northern Branch, Tomas Iindji has called on local authorities to give land to prospective business people to develop towns without discriminating them against their tribe or race.
WINDHOEK - Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement alongside some Windhoek citizens will be marching to City of Windhoek (CoW) head office on March 18 to demand positive answers regarding 14 000 land applications submitted to their office four years ago by landless Windhoek residents.
GIBEON - Thersia Bauer, the Minister of Science, Research and Arts at Baden-
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OTJOMUISE- Ourunga wovinamwinyo, namayevero wovipuka yavaza
WINDHOEK- Her name is Emily and her mission in life is to enhance the lives of her community through teaching them how to adopt a sustainable healthy practice that will help them achieve their fitness goal while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
OMUTHIYA - Plans to construct a primary school at Namutoni, Etosha National Park still hang in the air, two years after the plan was conceived.
WINDHOEK – A visibly emotional Swanu Member of Parliament (MP), Usutuaije Maamberua received a standing ovation as he bade farewell to parliament after serving there for over nine years.
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WINDHOEK – The recent Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation between Namibia and Ghana saw the two countries sign two agreements set to boost and strengthen their bilateral and trade relations.
Rundu - Ogu kavapere nonkondo mokukara mosipundi sendi sivike kasipwireko, mukurona godoropa ogu gomupe modoropa zaRundu Isaak Kandingu kahundilire asi vahepa kuwapukurura mukaro gwawo yipo pakare mukaro gomuwa gokuruganena kumwe novakansela vadoropa zokomukuro.
Windhoek- Movanona wokusika ko ntantatu valitjangesa vakare mevango lyosure momukunda gwaOtamanzi momukunda horowero gwaOmusati vatano nare vana dukamo mosure ngesi kuna karamu tupu vatatu mosure. Murugani gomomberewa zaPresidente gona goruha romakuliko unene efiro sinka vanona wokutunda momambo goruhepo Senia Endjala kayitente eyi nkera.
MUYAKO – The renewable energy for climate change mitigation project, which was launched at Muyako in February last year, has had a positive impact on the residents of Muyako village.
