Lahja Nashuuta Deputy Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Charles Mubita has confirmed that 22 840 war veterans and dependents of deceased veterans are currently receiving monthly financial support from the ministry. While motivating the budget allocation for the 2025/2026 financial year, he stated that 95% of the N$1.4 billion allocated to Veterans Affairs in...
Lahja Nashuuta Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Frans Kapofi has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring a safe and secure environment for all Namibians, an effort he says requires increased funding. For the 2024/25 financial year, he is requesting Parliament’s approval of a N$7.49 billion budget. Of this, N$600 million is allocated for development...
Rudolf Gaiseb The minister of Justice and labour relations, Wise Immanuel, says the N$250 million budget request is not simply a line item in government accounts, but it is a budgetary provision to secure peace at workplaces. It is an investment in social justice, equity in the labour market, and a catalyst for productivity across...
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – The president of the South West Africa National Union (Swanu) Evilastus Kaaronda says the labour practices in the army, police force and correctional services are still not democratised and therefore tyrannical. Kaaronda, in an interview with New Era during the commemoration of International Workers’ Day said the labour law allows all...
Lahja Nashuuta Inside a classroom at K.W. Von Marees Primary School in Okahandja, two chairs were heartbreakingly left empty. They once belonged to five-year-old Ingrid Maasdorp and six-year-old Roswinds Fabianu, who mysteriously disappeared from the school grounds last week in broad daylight. Both girls were kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered. Their bodies were discovered days...
OSHAKATI – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has issued a stern call for economic justice and dignity for Namibian workers, warning that a hungry worker cannot be productive, and an unvalued one cannot be a proud citizen. Speaking at the national Workers’ Day commemoration in Oshakati yesterday, the President said the country’s freedom and independence will remain...
OSHAKATI – Nearly 100 people have died from malaria in less than 10 days as Namibia faces one of its deadliest outbreaks in recent years. The sharp surge in deaths has alarmed both government and health officials, with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah describing the situation as disturbing, and calling for urgent preventive measures. The Ministry of...
OSHAKATI – Deep fear and growing frustration over violent crime in Namibia have driven hundreds of learners, students, and youth activists in the country to take to the streets in solidarity with the grieving families of three children who were brutally murdered in Okahandja. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture on...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The Social Security Commission’s (SSC) staff members from the Central Business District (CBD) office recently donated goods worth N$4 000 to the mother of a six-month-old baby girl who was born with a chronic medical condition. This medical condition requires her to be on oxygen at home. The baby’s mother, Peneyambeko Mateus, who...
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – The dark cloud has fallen on the Ovambanderu community as they mourn the passing of their senior traditional councillor, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua who died on Sunday in Windhoek. Leading the mourners is the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority’s spokesperson, Uazenga Ngahahe who described Katjirua as an iconic leader who never wavered in the...