Limba Mupetami Life on the outskirts of Windhoek, particularly in informal settlements such as Havana, Kilimanjaro, Okuryangava, Ombili, and Babylon, is marked by resilience and resourcefulness. Many residents face daily challenges yet find ways to keep themselves busy and maintain their households. Some enjoy laundry and cooking, others keep themselves busy with informal work despite...
Aletta Shikololo Otniel Hembapu The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has created a platform where party presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will engage with young people, instead of participating in “foreign” presidential debates with her opponents. The platform, dubbed ‘Youth in Conversation with Netumbo’, is slated to start in Rundu this month, and will be held...
Namibian authorities find themselves between a rock and hard place. While they face a data gap dilemma to decide whether to proceed with uranium mining in the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System (STAS), drilling to obtain the requisite data has been put on ice. It is a catch-22 situation, if information contained in a recent report,...
KATIMA MULILO – Following an outcry by several defaulters facing disconnection in Zambezi over non-payment, NamWater reneged on this position, and will instead keep taps running to these affected communities. This development follows a New Era report this week that several households and their livestock in the Zambezi region find themselves in a precarious situation...
Rudolf Gaiseb Perennial political survivor Vincent Kanyetu yesterday launched the newest political kid on the block: the Action Democratic Movement (ADM). Kanyetu is ADM’s interim president. He needs no introduction to the local political theatre. He previously served as secretary general (SG) for the DTA, the precursor of the Popular Democratic Movement. He went on...
Over 600 employees of the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) rejected a 5.4% once-off payment proposal by their management. This follows negotiations held on Wednesday between the Nida management and Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union representatives after regional and headquarters’ staff downed tools on Wednesday. Shop-steward Marvin Tjikongo said wage and employment conditions demands...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Okakarara – Epukiro The Okakarara Constituency Crime Prevention Association (OCCPA) held a workshop from Monday to today at Opamwe Youth Hall in Okakarara. About 200 volunteers from the community crime prevention forum attended thefive-day workshop that was facilitated by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol). In an interview with New Era, OCCPA chairperson Vezuva...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – The Mbunza Traditional Authority will be celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Hompa Alphons Kaundu’s chieftainship tomorrow. Mbunza Traditional Authority chief councillor Dagbert Mukoya told Nampa on Wednesday the aim of the event is to ensure unity, peace and the well-being of the Mbunza community. “The event is also aimed at upholding,...
Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute on Tuesday said she will deliver her ruling on a trial within a trial in which a 27-year-old Drimiopsis resident, accused of kidnapping, rape and murder, is denying admissions he made to police officers. The accused is also denying a confession he made to a magistrate. Abel Mokalabatho, through...
NamWater is expected to spend N$3.8 million to pump water from the Etaka dam into Uuvudhiya earth canal in a bid to save thousands of thirsty livestock. NamWater’s Hieronymus Goraseb, head of business unit north-west, said they will first start with the process of rehabilitating bottlenecks in the Uuvudhiya earth canal from 15 July this...