Zebaldt Ngaruka DRIMIOPSIS – Ovambanderu will assemble in the Omaheke region’s Otjombinde constituency for the official opening ceremony of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) for 2026 tomorrow. The event will be held at the Ovambanderu Kommando in Tallismanus. Speaking to New Era yesterday, OTA spokesperson Uazenga Ngahahe said the event serves as a road map...
Moses Magadza A two-day annual review meeting of the Sweden-funded Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), HIV and Aids Governance Project of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ended in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday. The meeting closed with strong appreciation for progress made and urgent calls for domestic resource mobilisation to safeguard hard-won gains amid shifting global...
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has called for labour reforms and the transparent management of Namibia’s emerging oil and gas sector when they met President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House yesterday. Among the key issues raised was the state of the country’s healthcare system, with the party calling for increased investment in hospitals, improved...
The Ovaherero Traditional Authority faction led by academic Hoze Riruako yesterday met President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House. High on their agenda were calls for a quota-based land allocation system for historically dispossessed communities, restitution of ancestral land rights and renewed negotiations with Germany over genocide reparations. Shooting from the hip, Riruako said the meeting...
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – The chairperson of the Omaheke Regional Council (ORC), Rocco Nguvauva, said the new council members will not start work from scratch, as the previous leadership laid solid foundations. In his address at the official opening ceremony of the ORC recently in Gobabis, Nguvauva said the new Council has inherited a legacy...
GOBABIS- Officially marking the commencement of activities for the Omaheke Regional Council for 2026, regional council chairperson Rocco Nguvauva and the region’s governor, Pijoo Nganate, both agreed that for effective and timely service delivery, working together is no longer an option but a must. A recent gathering held at the Wennie Du Plessis Secondary School...
Nine students receiving fully-funded bursaries from the Social Security Commission (SSC) to study a Level 3 Certificate in Clothing Production at the International Training College Lingua have raised concerns regarding insufficient monthly allowances and hostel living conditions. The students, who each receive N$2 400 per month, said N$2 000 is deducted for hostel fees, leaving...
KATIMA MULILO – The Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) says significant progress has been made in reviving the Manyeha Crocodile Farm in Kongola, with renovation works well underway and a phased operational relaunch planned. Speaking to New Era this week, Inyemba Kamwi, NIDA’s senior consultant for strategy and projects, confirmed that the initial phase of...
KATIMA MULILO – Newly appointed Masubia Traditional Authority Ngambela (prime minister), Raphael Mbala, says restoring financial stability and uniting a divided community will be his immediate priorities as he settles into office. Mbala (77), a former Kabbe councillor before it was split into two, namely Kabbe North and Kabbe South, was inaugurated as the new...
WALVIS BAY – A Namibian company, Ikhaya Somandla Family (ISF) Trading Enterprises, is facing a legal dispute over an alleged unpaid international consulting debt of N$2.6 million. ISF Trading is a player in Namibia’s energy sector and plans to build a 300 000-barrel-per-stream-day modular oil refinery at Walvis Bay. Portugal-based international consultant Ana Lúcia Rodrigues...