Taimi Haihambo OKAKU – Residents of Okaku village in the Oshana region have raised alarm over an increase in scamming cases targeting senior citizens. They accused the police and mobile operator MTC of failing to protect them from fraudsters. During a community engagement meeting held last week, several elderly residents shared painful experiences of losing...
NEW YORK – United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has urged world leaders to take concrete steps to end conflicts. This is as the world marks the International Day of Peace yesterday. Speaking ahead of the UN General Assembly’s high-level debate, which begins in New York this week, Guterres said peace is more urgent than...
WALVIS BAY – Restrained Walvis Bay Rural constituency councillor Florian Donatus has raised concern over confidential police matters that may have been improperly leaked to the media. This is after he has been directly linked to an unauthorised spending of over N$116 000 at Metro Swakopmund. The alleged discrepancy was detected after Metro Swakopmund requested...
Patrons at all Block House steak restaurants in Germany can dine on Namibian beef. The meat is globally renowned for exceptional quality, prized for being free-range, grass-fed and sustainably produced in the country’s vast natural farmlands. As of Saturday, Namibian rumpsteak is being featured as a monthly special at the Block House steak restaurants, which...
KATIMA MULILO – The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has committed N$250 million over the next five years to drive its Crop Value Chain Development Strategy (2025–2030). The plan, anchored on four pillars – sector development, operational excellence, regulatory strength, and research and innovation – places agro-processing at the heart of Namibia’s agricultural growth. Hubertus Hamm,...
KATIMA MULILO – Agro-processing holds the key to unlocking Namibia’s agricultural potential. This was said by agriculture minister Inge Zaamwani at the 2025 National Agronomy and Horticulture Awards (NAHA) yesterday in Katima Mulilo. Zaamwani stressed that turning raw harvests into processed products will boost food security, create jobs, and keep wealth circulating within the country....
Fifteen years on, Junias Fillipus is still waiting for justice. He was wrongfully accused, arrested and detained for 291 days over the alleged rape and murder of Magdalena Stoffles in a Khomasdal riverbed. However, he has yet to receive the N$2.7 million he is claiming in compensation. Speaking to New Era last weekend, Fillipus expressed...
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare yesterday inaugurated Namibia’s first green hydrogen production and refuelling facility. Developed by Cleanergy Solutions Namibia, a strategic partnership between the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group and diversified maritime group CMB Tech, the project is a key milestone in Namibia’s ambition to become an African logistics and energy hub. Powered by a...
Accusations and counter-allegations around the unscrupulous allocation of residential plots at Okahandja’s various informal settlements has erupted into a heated war of words between Otjozondjupa governor John //Khamuseb and the town’s leadership. In a letter dated 10 September 2025, addressed to Okahandja municipality CEO Alphons Tjitombo, governor //Khamuseb requested that all activities pertaining to the...
After a rigorous process that commenced in 2021, the Road Fund Administration (RFA) this week announced that the law has been amended for all vehicle licence fee debts older than three years to be written off. This will result in more than N$371 million in prescribed debt automatically written off, freeing thousands of vehicle owners...