KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop residents staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday, calling for the removal of principal magistrate Unchen Konjore. The protest comes a week after Konjore struck the case of two police officers accused of assaulting 31-year-old Elleste Plaatjie at Keetmanshoop in January last year, off the court roll. Plaatjie died a week later in...
The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) hosted its first-ever National Elective Conference yesterday, marking a milestone for the party as it gears up for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections in November. The event, attended by 112 delegates from all regions, was held to select 96 candidates for the National Assembly. Speaking at the...
Rudolf Gaiseb The highly anticipated eighth National Information and Communication Technology Summit, held at the Mercure Hotel and Resort on 11 September 2024, ended on a high note after successfully identifying trends and challenges in the rapidly evolving industry. The well-attended summit highlighted looming opportunities of digital advancement waiting for Namibia. Held under the theme:...
While the hunger situation in the country has relatively improved, more than 1.1 million people in Namibia are still grappling with high levels of acute food insecurity. This is driven primarily by rising food prices and the effects of the El Niño phenomenon. This alarming situation is highlighted in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase...
LÜDERITZ – Yesterday marked a historic occasion with the country’s first-ever maritime museum launched by President Nangolo Mbumba in the quaint southern coastal town of Lüderitz. The Namibia Maritime Museum celebrates the country’s rich maritime heritage. Built for N$75 million, the museum is housed in the town’s historic Old Power Station complex, which includes a...
OMEGA 1 – Despite the difficulties of securing a decent meal daily to feed their impoverished households in the face of minuscule resources, the San community at Omega 1 in Kavango East expressed gratitude towards the government for providing them drought relief food. Living within Bwabwata National Park, the community depends on cultivating fields for...
A four-day extensive training workshop on election reporting for journalists in Namibia is underway at the Namibia Press Agency headquarters in Windhoek. The deputy information minister, Modestus Amutse, officially opened the workshop on Tuesday. He urged journalists to participate fully, take the training seriously and practice the skills and knowledge to impact and accurately inform...
KEETMANSHOOP – The remains of a fully developed baby, concealed in a black rubbish bag, were discovered at the Keetmanshoop dumpsite on Tuesday. Andre Garöeb, who visited the area in search of scrap metal, informed New Era that he found a black plastic bag that he thought had animal intestines. To his shock, when he...
KEETMANSHOOP – A teaching coordinator at the University of Namibia’s southern campus said physical hard files are no longer relevant for student teachers as the recently introduced e-Teaching Practicum files will be the new way of doing their internship. Simon Albin informed regional education stakeholders about the new development during a recent stakeholder engagement seminar....
Rudolf Gaiseb National Democratic Party (NDP) leader Martin Lukato wants the2018 Namibia-Botswana Boundary Treaty nullified. In 2018, the late president Hage Geingob and the former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, signed the historic boundary treaty, which reaffirmed colonial delimitation and clearly outlined the border between the two countries. However, Namibians living along the Chobe and Kwando...