Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has pooled resources together to assist a 100-year-old woman from Mupini village in the Kavango East region with potable water. Venaani, who is on a week-long working visit to the two Kavango regions, this week donated water pipes and tap, as well as paid a connection fee for the...
New Era journalist Kuzeeko Tjitemisa (KT) this week caught up with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) country director Dr Eric Dziuban to discuss some of the pertinent issues and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. KT: The impact of the global Covid-19 outbreak has caused havoc in many countries, with economies wrecked...
Despite Namibia having a population of less than three million people, the demand for farmland, residential and business land has increased exponentially. This year, being a year of regional and local authority elections, there will be promises by political parties to deliver affordable residential land. The provision of serviced residential land has eluded many local...
For reasons only known to a selected few, under some unknown and unsubstantiated reasoning, coupled with non-existent supporting arguments, a new regional capital for Oshikoto region was agreed. Yes, Omuthiya has baptised the new administrative capital of the region. The visible consequences, due to the reverse developmental agenda, have seen the once-prosperous Copper Town’s economy...
The #BreakFree from Violence Campaign is an anti-violence campaign that was initiated in 2017 to create and foster a culture of non-violence. Our work is centred on creating awareness of the various forms of violence and how, as individuals, we can create a society that no longer accepts violence. Over the years, our work has...
A top official at the Namibia Central Intelligence Service has been named as the new executive director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) following a surprise reshuffle of accounting officers yesterday. Tylvas Shilongo will take over from Hannu Shipena who has been transferred to the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE). The Office of the Prime...
WALVIS BAY – At least 1 029 households will be temporarily relocated at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund as part of efforts to fight Covid-19. This follows a Cabinet meeting this week where a directive was issued to relocate residents from densely populated areas, aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19. Information minister Peya Mushelenga said...
OSHIKANGO – Chairperson of the National Council Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Lebbius Tobias said a lack of housing, office space and transport are the common challenges facing border officials across the country.Tobias said this in an interview with Nampa during his committee’s visit to the Namibia-Angola Oshikango border post in...
First Lady Monica Geingos has penned an emotional letter expressing her heartfelt condolences to the mother of two-week-old Charmaine Moss, who died last week after she was allegedly sexually violated by her own father. “We know that words have little meaning in moments such as these, we also know that it is impossible to understand...
WALVIS BAY – More resources and personnel would be deployed to the Erongo region while private testing institutions will be contracted to clear up the current backlog of Covid-19 results at Walvis Bay. Information minister Peya Mushelenga yesterday announced that Cabinet has directed the health ministry to expedite the recruitment of additional health personnel to...