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...
Disgruntled Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) employees have called on President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to urgently intervene in the institution’s recent reintegration process into the education ministry. Because of the re-integration some staff now face massive salary cuts up of to 100%. For instance, the new Fund director will earn close to N$800 000, a...
Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa yesterday condemned the US-backed Israeli military operation against Iran, which resulted in the killing of the latter’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Taking to her official social media platforms, Shaningwa confirmed meeting Mohammad Baqer Beigi, Iran’s ambassador to Namibia. “In the wake of Israel’s and the USA’s unjustified aggression and illegal...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources has thrown its weight behind uranium exploration activities by Rosatom in Leonardville, saying the project could unlock billions of dollars for Namibia and create thousands of jobs. The committee recently held a consultative meeting with Rosatom and its Namibian subsidiary, Headspring Investments (Pty) Ltd, to assess the scale...
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 – Officially inaugurated on 27 August 2025 by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the 320-bed Ndoro Memorial Combined School hostel accommodates 160 girls and 160 boys. Hope is now rising following the opening of its new hostel facility, a development described by school principal Linus Sipopo as a “huge relief” for learners who once endured...
KATIMA MULILO – Cross-border truck drivers operating between Walvis Bay and Zambia say escalating transit permit fees are threatening their livelihoods and undermining regional trade. Speaking to New Era recently, on behalf of fellow drivers at Katima Mulilo before crossing the border en route to DRC, cross-border trucker Nyathi Dingani said the cost of Zambia’s...