Isabel Bento WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay mayor Johannes Shimbilinga has outlined the town’s infrastructure and service delivery programme, reaffirming the council’s commitment to improving living conditions and addressing ageing municipal infrastructure. Speaking at the first ordinary council meeting for 2026 on Wednesday, Shimbilinga said the local authority remains focused on roads, housing, sanitation and...
Paulina Ndalikokule NKURENKURU – To ease teachers’ debt and promote a culture of saving, the Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) on Wednesday inaugurated the Nantu Likwafela Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) satellite office in Nkurenkuru. The inauguration is the first of its kind for Likwafela SACCO, which previously operated only from its head office in...
KATIMA MULILO – A newly reconstructed 31-kilometre bitumen road linking Lubuta and Sachona villages to the B8 Trans-Caprivi Highway in Zambezi is impassable, cutting off residents from essential services, including education and healthcare. The road, completed to bitumen standard in 2024 and officially opened in 2025, connects mainland villages to the C49 Road and the...
Health minister Dr Esperance Luvindao is at pains over how a multi-million-dollar contract to upgrade and renovate the Gobabis State Hospital theatre was awarded to a contractor with a poor delivery record. The contract in question was awarded to the same contractor who, a few years ago, failed to complete work on the Intensive...
KATIMA MULILO – The United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed concern over the conditional release of Caprivi high treason convict Geoffrey Mwilima, saying the restrictions imposed undermine the meaning of remission and amount to continued intimidation. Speaking to New Era yesterday, UDP Elders’ Council member Alfred Kapolota said while the movement acknowledges Mwilima’s release from...
The University of Namibia (Unam) has set a N$50 000 debt threshold under which senior undergraduate students may register for the 2026 academic year without settling their full outstanding balances upfront. The measure was announced on Wednesday and applies to Namibian undergraduate students nearing completion of their studies. Eligible students will be required to sign...
Auleria Wakudumo The agriculture ministry is gearing up for a productive cropping season as part of the second planting cycle of the 2025/2026 financial year, which commenced at the end of October 2025. The season marks a renewed push to upscale and capacitate green scheme projects nationwide, with the aim of increasing agricultural production, strengthening...
Rudolf Gaiseb Parastatals under the ministry of information must find alternative revenue-generating streams, with budget cuts mooted for the next three financial years. This was revealed by information minister Emma Theofelus on Monday, when she, among others, read the Riot Act to those who have been resting on their laurels. For the next three years,...
The government has cleared close to N$30 million in outstanding invoices owed to farmers who supplied cattle, meat and meat-related products to the State during the rollout of the 2024/25 Drought Relief Programme. This was done through the Office of the Prime Minister, the agriculture ministry and Meatco as the facilitator. Meatco interim CEO Albertus...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Kaoko Fria Investment has completed the feasibility study of the Kaoko Fria Smart City and Deep-Sea Port. The project is environmentally acceptable, technically feasible, economically justified and financially bankable, according to the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Integrated Feasibility Study. “This is a very costly exercise. We are talking about...