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Aussenkehr staff to get better housing 
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Aussenkehr staff to get better housing 

AUSSENKEHR – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah called on employers to create the type of employment that gives incentives to employees, and that will, ultimately, take them out of poverty and to live better lives.  “Appreciate workers, a worker who is taken care of is productive and motivated,” she said as she launched the Staff Housing Project...

Kavango West clinic to get access road 
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Kavango West clinic to get access road 

MBEYO – The clinic at Erago village in the Ncamagoro constituency of Kavango West is set to finally get a gravel road that will link it to the Trans- Caprivi Highway.  The clinic lies more than 20 km from the highway, making it difficult to reach for many.  The road will be constructed from Mbeyo...

Five Rand residents ‘unhappy’ to vote 
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Five Rand residents ‘unhappy’ to vote 

FIVE RAND – Growing anger over years of unaddressed sewage spills has pushed some residents of the Five Rand location in the Okahandja constituency to boycott the regional and local authority elections.  When New Era visited Five Rand yesterday, both polling stations were largely deserted. Instead of voting queues, dozens of residents were busy repairing...

‘For the sake of the children’ …elderly vote to get children off societal ills
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‘For the sake of the children’ …elderly vote to get children off societal ills

Rudolf Gaiseb Eveline de Klerk Iuze Mukube Sixty-three-year-old Seraphina //Khamuses is among voters who yesterday arrived early at Ella Du Plessis polling station to vote for this year’s Regional and Local Authorities Elections. Her reasons for voting are clear; she wants a drastic lifetyle change amongst young people. //Khamuses yearns for better opportunities for them...

Thipanana Village gets borehole
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Thipanana Village gets borehole

Rudolf Gaiseb The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform has begun installing a borehole in Thipanana village, Kavango East region. This is after Member of Parliament Modestus Amutse last week Friday urged the government to move swiftly to install the delayed borehole. Amutse’s demand came after Ottilia Mbathera (47) from Thipanana village was...

Larandja blows CoW trumpet 
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Larandja blows CoW trumpet 

Outgoing Windhoek mayor Ndeshihafela Larandja said through teamwork and stronger partnerships, the city made progressive deliverables for the year. She highlighted improvements in informal settlements, including the city extending electricity, adding more water points and sanitation facilities, continuing mapping of structures to support service access, and upgrading roads, as some of the achievements. In an...

Six arrested for prosecutor attack
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Six arrested for prosecutor attack

OSHAKATI – The Namibian police regional Commander for the Oshana region, Commissioner Naftal Lungameni Sakaria, has confirmed the arrest of six suspects in connection with a violent attack on a 30-year-old female public prosecutor at Ondangwa last month. The prosecutor was allegedly ambushed on 17 October while driving to work at the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court....

Nkurenkuru residents demand employment from incoming leaders
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Nkurenkuru residents demand employment from incoming leaders

NKURENKURU – Residents of Nkurenkuru are calling on incoming leaders elected in the upcoming election to prioritise permanent employment opportunities over temporary work arrangements that have left many struggling to make ends meet. Roswitha Haita, a 30-year-old woman who has been voting since 2013, expressed frustration with the current system during an interview with Nampa...

Namibia decides …‘Democracy has taken place’
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Namibia decides …‘Democracy has taken place’

Adolf Kaure Loide Jason Victoria Immanuel President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has described the voting process as an illustration of Namibia’s democracy. She said this when she cast her vote for the 2025 Regional Council and Local Authorities elections yesterday morning at the Emma Hoogenoot Primary School polling station in Windhoek.  She described the turnout at the...

ICT minister requests patience over grant distribution
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ICT minister requests patience over grant distribution

Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Emma Theofelus, has urged the nation to be patient with NamPost as it enhance its operations in distributing social grants. She emphasised that since managing grant distributions is a new responsibility for the national postal operator, it needs to adapt its processes to meet the increased demand. NamPost...