KATIMA MULILO – Katima Mulilo CEO Rafael Liswaniso says the council is battling with the construction of a new sewer treatment plant, as the current one is old. He said due to the obsolete sewer system, that was before independence, the town’s underground water has become contaminated as the old pipes leak. The old sewer system...
BUKALO – The Bukalo Village Council has received N$3.1 million for compensating residents who will be relocated to make way for development. The council will compensate 39 villages although another 11 people are yet to be compensated because of legal issues or documentation. This was announced by Bukalo council chairperson Simataa Mubonda, after he was...
Lahja Nashuuta Dorris Kazondunge-Tjirongo is an audit, risk and accounting professional at the Office of the Auditor General. She specialised in accounting and finance and currently holds a Bachelor of Technology in Accounting and Finance, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Informatics (Information Systems Audit) from the Namibia University of Science and Technology. Currently,...
The Omaheke region is famous for its farming activities, rich heritage and economic potential. However, in recent times, the region has been grappling with a food security crisis, high poverty rates and lack of employment opportunities. New Era journalists Lahja Nashuuta (LN)recently sat down with the region’s first resident, governor Pijoo Nganate (PN), to gauge...
The recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections were marked by inefficiencies that saw the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) extending the voting days by two days. Namibians are commended for their eagerness to have their voice heard and exercise their democratic right. This is seen in the significant turnout of voters. Among the 1.4...
High quality human capital that create innovations is becoming key in the competitiveness of individual companies and the national economies as far as the Fourth Industrial Revolution is concerned. In the digital age, be it in the private or public sector, one can now work remotely (work from home with the use of a computer),...
For the first in the country’s post-independence history, Namibia has a female president-elect. Her name is Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who was the ruling Swapo Party’s presidential candidate in the just-ended elections. “Today, I’m saying to the Namibian people, as we have been telling you throughout the campaign, for us in the Swapo party and the team...
Lahja Nashuuta Leaders of the Affirmative Repositioning, Rally for Democracy and Progress as well as the Popular Democratic Movement are all calling for a rerun of the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The three parties have described the elections as deeply flawed, citing logistical problems, a three-day voting extension at selected polling sites, and...
Rudolf Gaiseb Political commentators say voters in the just-concluded elections sent a strong message to political parties that if they do not pull up their socks, their dominance will continue to evaporate or disappear completely. The 2024 Namibian elections witnessed a fierce fight of political parties trying to remain in Parliament, the fall of some,...
Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan was yesterday among the first leaders to congratulate Namibia’s president-elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who won the country’s Presidential elections with 57% of the vote. In her congratulatory message, Hassan said Nandi-Ndaitwah’s victory is historic in nature and one that sets a new transformative tone for SADC and African politics. “I am...