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Motorsport Expo 2025 ready to thrill crowds
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Motorsport Expo 2025 ready to thrill crowds

The Motorsport Expo 2025 is all set for tomorrow and Saturday at the Tony Rust Racetrack to provide the public with a fun and adrenaline-filled weekend.  The expo comprises five events happening on the outskirts of Windhoek.  The Friday events, starting from 17h00, are spinning and drags.  On Saturday, the expo kicks of early at...

Mid-Year budget is a measured balancing act…analysts welcome smart, cautious moves in tough economy
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Mid-Year budget is a measured balancing act…analysts welcome smart, cautious moves in tough economy

Simonis Storm (SS), a local financial firm, has commented after Tuesday’s Mid-Term Budget Review that the domestic fiscal outlook is credible but conservative. The firm expects mildly expansionary fiscal stance through 2026, balancing electoral and economic imperatives, followed by a firmer consolidation path thereafter.  The SS comments come after finance minister Ericah Shafuda reallocated some...

Sabina, a security guard with a sewing dream
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Sabina, a security guard with a sewing dream

Sabina Onemushi Nantinda has been passionate about sewing for many years.  Although she currently works as a security guard, her dream of starting her own sewing business lives on.  All she needs to start her own business is a bit of training on the finer tailoring intricacies and a dependable sewing machine.  She and countless others are...

Theofelus acts against fake AI videos
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Theofelus acts against fake AI videos

Kaviveterue Virere Emma Theofelus, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, has stated that her ministry is taking proactive measures to stop the spread of fake videos that appear to be from Namibia’s senior officials and were created through artificial intelligence (AI). The videos, which have been widely shared on social media, falsely depict the...

PDM boots out independent contenders
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PDM boots out independent contenders

SWAKOPMUND – The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has lost five more members who opted to contest as independent candidates or join other political parties in the upcoming elections. The members were expelled from the PDM for their intention to contest as independent candidates aginst the party. The current chairperson of the Walvis Bay municipal council,...

Entrépo presses on with action against Govt
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Entrépo presses on with action against Govt

Iuze Mukube A local microlending company has dragged the government through the finance ministry to court over the decision to cease payroll deductions on its Payroll Deduction Management System (PDMS) by 30 November.  Entrépo Finance instituted an urgent application in the Windhoek High Court claiming that the decision to discontinue deduction codes from being loaded...

Katjiuanjo pledges development for Kalahari
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Katjiuanjo pledges development for Kalahari

Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS  – Zedekia Borry Katjiuanjo, the Swapo candidate for the Kalahari constituency in the Omaheke region, promised major development for the constituency if he wins the regional council elections slated for November 2025. The Kalahari constituency has been in the hands of Swapo’s Ignatius Kariseb for the past 15 years. Kariseb is also...

IPC fields candidates in all Ohangwena constituencies
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IPC fields candidates in all Ohangwena constituencies

ONGWEDIVA – The northern spokesperson of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), Eino Heelu, said the party has fielded 12 candidates who will contest all constituencies of the Ohangwena region during the upcoming regional elections, scheduled to take place on 26 November 2025. Heelu revealed this to New Era yesterday. “We are ready to take...

School food poisoning linked to contaminated water
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School food poisoning linked to contaminated water

Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – An investigation into the suspected food poisoning of nearly 125 learners at Maria Mwengere Senior Secondary School has concluded that poor water quality at the hostel was a major contributing factor, alongside multiple other factors. The suspected food poisoning outbreak occurred on 31 August this year, prompting the Ministry of Education,...

Mid-term budget responds to slower growth …as Shafudah steers development, debt and reform
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Mid-term budget responds to slower growth …as Shafudah steers development, debt and reform

Edgar Brandt Pricilla Mukokobi The mid-year budget review, tabled in Parliament yesterday by finance and public enterprises minister Ericah Shafudah, indicates that domestic growth persists, albeit at a slower pace than anticipated.  Delivering the mid-year fiscal review to account for unforeseen and unavoidable expenditure. The minister cautioned that an increased burden of debt servicing and...