Dr Prince Mutumba The African American minister and black nationalist, Malcom X, aptly described the power of the media when he said, “the media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of...
Namibia by nature is an arid dry country. According to the worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, 2020, the country’s population stands at 2 546 249. The population density in Namibia is 3 per square kilometre. The total land area is 823 290 square kilometres. Although the country is blessed with vast land,...
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic the emphasis has been on shaping bold solutions to save lives and livelihoods in these unprecedented times. Covid-19 will probably be with us for many years and there appears to be no end in sight considering the growing number of new cases being reported worldwide. By late afternoon...
New Era’s Kuzeeko Tjitemisa this week caught up with Omaheke governor Pio Nganate to discuss issues affecting the region’s inhabitants and how he intends to deal with some of these challenges. KT: It is almost five months now since you were appointed governor of the Omaheke region. How are you finding your new role? PN:...
SWAKOPMUND – High levels of unemployment in the Erongo region remains an issue, exacerbated by the current Covid-19 pandemic, with over 1 000 job losses between April and July this year, adding to the region’s pre-existing 30 per cent unemployment rate. Governor of Erongo region Neville Andre said this during his maiden state of the...
The Windhoek High Court is yet to receive the psychiatric evaluation report of the former Global Fund employee who is accused of killing his former supervisor and injuring an ex-colleague in Windhoek City Centre last year. In July, the court referred Simataa Simasiku (33) for mental evaluation to determine if he was of sound mind...
MADJWA – The World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director, Baimankay Sankoh, has advised inhabitants of the two Kavango regions to harness the resources at their disposal in order to increase the production of food. Both the Kavango East and Kavango West regions have the advantage of the perennial Okavango River and fertile soil. Sankoh was...
RUNDU – Staff from the Kavango East Regional Council have been working from home this week due to possible coronavirus exposure. Chief Regional Officer (CRO) Ludwig Thikusho is said to have come in contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19. Thikusho told New Era he had come in contact with Secretary to Cabinet George Simataa during a...
Elizabeth Hiyolwa NKURENKURU – A family of six was left homeless on Saturday evening after an aggressive herd of elephants destroyed their home and everything in it at Simwege village in the Mpungu constituency. Homeowner Joaquina Matumbu said she went to fetch water and left the children in the hut. On her way back home...
The decision by the government to move the entire country back to stage 3 of the Covid-19 state of emergency is a huge blow for the tourism revival initiative whose reopening modalities were due to be completed this week. The details of the modalities for the targeted international tourism revival initiative were to be finalised...