The leader of the Popular Democratic Movement, McHenry Venaani, yesterday pressed President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to urgently prioritise transparency in the country’s booming petroleum sector to tackle joblessness and lack of housing. With Namibia on the brink of its first oil production and youth unemployment estimated at over 40%, Venaani described his meeting with the President...
Bravery Kabula Heather Erdmann For street vendors Sondaha Nella and Johannes Kanyenga, whose survival is solely anchored on selling sweets, fruits, vegetables and other household perishables in the busy streets of Windhoek CBD, trading has become an intricate two interwoven contradiction. Kanyenga, Nella and dozens of other street vendors who operate in the vicinity of...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said over 700 jobs were created during the 2025/26 financial year alone following the launch of the National Youth Development Fund (NYDF), to support youth-owned enterprises. Nandi-Ndaitwah outlined these achievements when she tabled Namibia’s First Progress Report on the implementation of the National Programme of Action on Youth Unemployment at the African...
As the country braces for today’s tabling of the 2026/27 national budget, all eyes are on Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. For citizens and businesses alike, key signals to watch include possible tax reforms, cost-of-living measures, infrastructure allocations and the overall fiscal stance. With a rising debt-to-GDP ratio, escalating debt-servicing costs, ambitious revenue projections and growing...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has tasked Namibia’s newly appointed High Commissioner to India to aggressively promote trade, investment and economic cooperation as the country pushes to accelerate development under Vision 2030. The President on Monday commissioned Wing Commander (Rtd) Alex Tukuhupwele as Namibia’s High Commissioner to India, describing the appointment as an “assumption of national duty”...
Auleria Wakudumo Director of National Heritage and Culture Manfred !Gaeb has called on communities to work together to preserve and promote indigenous languages, saying they carry identity, history and traditional knowledge. He made these remarks during the International Mother Language Day commemoration held in the Guinas constituency in Oshikoto region on Monday. The two-day event...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has challenged Independent Patriots for Change leader Panduleni Itula to produce empirical evidence linking the first family to Namibia’s upstream oil sector instead of blowing hot air. The president made these averments in a statement late yesterday. It followed Itula’s earlier accusations that Nandi-Ndaitwah misled the nation when she said none of...
RUNDU – Kavango East governor Hamunyera Hambyuka on Monday announced that the central government has officially greenlit a massive N$108 million injection to tackle Rundu’s Tutungeni suburb’s dangerous stormwater and erosion crises. This is in response to the growing sinkholes that have threatened to swallow homes and vital infrastructure in the riverfront town. “We got...
Swapo lawmaker Elifas Dingara has given notice of his resignation from the National Assembly, bringing to a close a parliamentary career spanning over 15 years. Dingara confirmed to New Era that he will officially vacate his seat at the end of the month, insisting the decision was out of his own volition. “I have given...
For thousands of Namibians, the end of the month has become a moment of dread. Rent is climbing, deposits are disputed, and when problems arise, many tenants discover there is little practical protection to fall back on. Now, the government has acknowledged what frustrated renters have long suspected: that Namibia’s rental market is operating without...