Rudolf Gaiseb National Democratic Party (NDP) president Martin Lukato Lukato has promised to increase the pension grant to N$5 000 once elected. “The current amount is nothing. NDP will provideN$5 000 for senior citizens because they work for this country. Why should we insult our senior citizens by giving them peanuts? If the resources of...
Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus has called on members of the sixth Children’s Parliament to develop a sense of self-discipline, and continuously cultivate their leadership qualities. Delivering her ministerial address at the third sitting of the sixth session of the Children’s Parliament on Wednesday, she said: “Representation marks who we are as...
Charles Ndeumane ONGWEDIVA – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has raised concerns over the low turnout of electorates for voter registration despite 1.7 million people being eligible to vote. In a media statement, ECN’s chief electoral and referenda officer Peter Shaama said only 823 761 have registered to vote in the upcoming Presidential and...
Namibian corporates are throwing their weight to anchor the sustainable feet of the Namibia National Internship Programme (NNIP), with the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) being the latest to bolster the programme with N$300 000. The collaborative partnership seeks to aid the development of young Namibians, and drive the country to become a knowledge-based economy....
Samuel Kweku, the UNICEF Representative to Namibia, described Namibia’s youthful population, of which almost a million of the population is aged 0-24, as both a challenge and an opportunity. He made these remarks during the official opening of the first session of the 6th Children’s Parliament on Monday. “A challenge because, as a country, we...
As the election day draws closer, jostling and horse-trading by the country’s second-largest political party have gone into overdrive. At the heart of things, New Era has been reliably informed, is that some within the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) power circles are scared their party might suffer the same fate as that of the National...
WALVIS BAY – Tempers flared dramatically that within five minutes of an ordinary Walvis council meeting, insults and racial slurs flew from left to right, culminating in a pandemonium. The events, during which the police had to be called in to restore calm and order, unfolded on Tuesday evening. For some time now, the council...
ONGWEDIVA – The Swapo rank and file are made up of disciplined cadres, its deputy secretary general Uahekua Herunga has maintained. He was responding to an incident wherein a Swapo member allegedly drove into a crowd of Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) supporters at Outapi over the weekend, injuring one of them. The incident has...
Paulina Ndalikokule Eenhana Town Council has made provision to revamp food stalls to improve and prepare for the 14th edition of the Eenhana Trade and Business Expo. It is scheduled to take place from 29 July to 4 August 2024 at the Eenhana Convention Centre. Speaking to New Era, Eenhana spokesperson Ottilie Shingenge said they...
President Nangolo Mbumba has said that Namibia being a secular State has many benefits, but cautioned religious leaders against taking advantage of the people. He made these remarks during a courtesy visit by three religious groups, including the Southern Africa Union Conference Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís, and the Establishment...