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President Hage Geingob, in his New Year’s message, declared 2022 as Namibia’s ‘Year of Reimaging’, encouraging the nation to form “a new and different mental picture” by thinking differently and “moving forward with renewed enthusiasm and vision”.

Namibia is experiencing a rapid urbanisation rate, with a large influx of migrants flocking to urban areas for better living conditions and opportunities. 

The latest shipment of clinical consumables and medical equipment donated by the Welsh government to Namibia arrived in the country recently. 

The establishment of the Namibia University of Science and Technology satellite campus in the Ohangwena region remains uncertain, despite the institution already registering a high number of students for this academic year.

Namibia’s Ombudsman, Basilius Dyakugha has taken a dig at Cabinet ministers who use their positions and sensitive information to enrich themselves and their cronies.

The suffering and eventual death of a 13-year-old girl from the Ohangwena region came to the attention of the gender equality minister who expressed anger at the ordeal and the handling of the case.

On Friday, farm owners and some residents of Etunda and surrounding areas in the Omusati region held a demonstration to call for the closure of the Otjimbele asparagus operation at the Etunda green scheme.

Katrina Liswani believes the advancement of women should not be seen as undermining or being done at the expense of men. 

Jeremia van Wyk, a Windhoek resident who confessed to abducting, kidnapping and raping a five-year-old minor, has been allocated a new legal aid lawyer after his previous lawyer died.

Last week, New Era published an article ‘Ukraine: Namibian students stay put’, about the ministry of international relations cautioning Namibian students in Ukraine to stay put while the government is monitoring the political situation as tensions between Ukraine and Russia increased.