I start this article by cautioning against the dangers of false promises that no amount of explanation can justify. This warning is directed at our political leaders to be cautious when making public promises on land delivery because one day, the chickens will come home to roost.
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Letters – Our replenished natural resources
Allow me to share my views on this platform. The anatomy of this piece is anchored on our replenished natural resources here in Namibia and elsewhere in the world. Our forests have been cut down, by us and by foreigners, to make the world we live in a better place.
Letters – New normal equals new business opportunities
The new normal refers to the current lifestyle of minimised human interactions. The new normal fad has been effected as a means of preventing the spread of the novel Covid-19.
Editorial – Hesitancy among professionals worrying
In the last week, New Era reported on two sets of professionals who have shown a worrying level of vaccine hesitancy. Both teachers and journalists stand at the forefront of the fight to regain some semblance of a normal life, but last week it was revealed that only 40 out of 440 teachers in the Oshikoto region were vaccinated.
Volunteers encourage youth to get jabbed
Volunteers from National Youth Sports Development Platform in Stampriet hosted the “Sportjab” campaign to encourage residents, especially the youth of the small village east of Mariental to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Historian donates 18 publications on Kavango regions
Historian Kletus Likuwa has donated 18 of his scholarly publications relating to the history of the two Kavango regions to the Kavango East Regional Council to make publications on the region’s history available and accessible to the community.
Magosi new SADC executive secretary
Elias Mpedi Magosi has been sworn in as the seventh executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the 41st SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, held in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Know Your Civil Servant: Palestina Shilongo-Nghiitete
Public service accounting requires commitment.
Businesses urged to support rural ICT goals
In the country’s quest to increase access, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has installed internet to 26 rural ICT centres, established in the most remote parts of all 14 regions to lay a foundation in rural areas for e-governance.
Farmworker testifies in own defence
A farmworker from the Maltahöhe district took the stand on Wednesday and testified in his own defence to a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, over the death of the mother of his four children in the Windhoek High Court.
