Lahja Nashuuta The Windhoek municipal council has approved a motion to rename Sheffield Street to FF. M.S. Khama Street, in honour of the late Methuselah Simataa Khama, who tragically lost his life while on duty. Windhoek mayor Queen Kamati made the announcement this week during a council meeting. The late Khama was a firefighter, known...
OSHAKATI – Erick Ndakolo (56), who has been sleeping by his mother’s tombstone at a cemetery for 18 days, returned home yesterday. The cemetery is located at Uupindi location in Oshakati. Oshana police commander, Commissioner Naftal Sakaria, had a meeting with Ndakolo, and advised him to stop sleeping in the cemetery because it is not...
Namibian political party Affirmative Repositioning has taken a different view of the land reform agenda by focusing on appropriation, banning foreign land ownership, and the removal of the controversial Red Line. These positions are articulated in the AR manifesto, dubbed ‘Plans for Namibia’, launched at the weekend in Katima Mulilo. The party promises fundamental changes...
The ruling party Swapo has received the most media coverage both on television and radio, between August and September 2024. This is according to the third Election Media Monitoring Report released on Tuesday by media ombudsman John Nakuta. The project aims to serve as a critical tool in assessing how both legacy and online media...
MURURANI – Swapo lawmaker Verna Sinimbo says opposition parties have no capacity to lead the country. She said only Swapo can govern the country. She made the remarks while addressing a rally at Mururani village in Kavango West at the weekend. “Swapo is the only party that liberated the country; for the past 35 years,...
KATIMA MULILO – The Kongola community has protested the provisional withdrawal of a case in which over N$4 million allegedly vanished into thin air at the Zambezi Regional Council. Zambezi’s chief regional officer Regina Ndopu-Lubinda and other senior officials’ corruption charges were provisionally withdrawn in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court last month. Magistrate Clara...
Namdeb, in collaboration with stakeholders, recently hosted the Gender-Based Violence Pathways to Care Workshop in Oranjemund in its efforts to strengthen support systems to combat violence in the town. In a media statement, the diamond giant stated that gender-based violence is a pervasive issue, and that it will do its part to address it in...
Rudolf Gaiseb The chairperson of the Bible Society of Namibia, Schalk Botha, said they are facing a shortage of Bibles translated into indigenous languages. In a recent interview with New Era, he stated that due to low funds, they are unable to make bulk orders of the printed books from overseas. “We are printing in...
There is a new bank in town called Access Bank, which was issued with a provisional licence by the Bank of Namibia. New Era journalist Paheja Siririka (PS) engaged the Head of the Access Bank Namibian project, Oluseun Onasoga (OO), on their operations in Namibia, and their niche in the sector. Issues discussed include the...
In terms of the Law Reform and Development Commission Act, the commission is mandated to consolidate or codify any branch of the law or to introduce other measures aimed at making the law more readily accessible. New Era’s Lahja Nashuuta this week sat down with new Law, Reform and Development chairperson Etuna Josua for an...