National

Given the below-average rainfall since the beginning of this year’s rainy season, the country faces a substantial risk of low water supply and poor grazing
conditions.

President Hage Geingob will deliver the State of the Nation Address (Sona) on 16 March 2023, with many anticipating that focus will be on reshaping economic activity and building the resilience of the economy.

In recent years, Namibia has grappled with the challenge of inflation, with rising prices of food, housing, and transport impacting lower-income households disproportionately.

All eyes will be on President Hage Geingob tomorrow when he delivers his penultimate State of the Nation Address, with many pondering how he intends to address the country’s unemployment quagmire, which has reached crisis proportions. 

Both home affairs and the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board distanced themselves from reports suggesting the government teamed up with an upmarket golf estate development to entice international investment in the estate in exchange for residency.

A 65-year-old woman appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the torture of her nine-year-old grandson.  

Following a recent article by New Era about the deplorable living conditions of a polio sufferer, donations have been streaming in. 

Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said the Swapo-led government has significantly improved HIV/AIDS treatment and curbed the negative effects associated with the virus.  

The Kunene education directorate convened in Khorixas on Thursday to re-strategise on ways to better the region’s grade 11 and grade 12 examination results. 

Despite the fact that flash floods are causing misery in the Zambezi region, most residents, especially fishermen, see it as an opportunity to cash in as fish resources come in abundance.