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A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people”: Mahatma Gandhi. We should value and have respect for our cultural costumes. They represent the culture or identity of a specific ethnic group. As a Namibian citizen, I feel like and have observed disrespect towards our Namibian cultural costumes.

A Windhoek resident accused of raping his biological daughter several times and forcing her to abort the foetus after impregnating her, has managed to secure the services of prominent criminal defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji.

Only 22% of the resolutions taken at the 2017 sixth congress of Swapo have been fully implemented, a report by the party’s think tank shows. The report, seen by New Era, was tabled for scrutiny at the just-ended seventh ordinary congress.

Subsistence farmers in the north continue to wait anxiously for much-needed rainfall. Memories of the drought that occurred three years ago are still fresh in the minds of farmers, and some think of it mainly as the devastating drought of 2013, which has left deep scars.

Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa told naysayers and independent candidates who seek to stand for the position of councillor of the Moses //Garoëb constituency to leave Swapo songs alone.

Despite their different political affiliations, the newly-elected Okahandja councillors promised to work together to restore the town’s identity as the ‘Garden Town’ once again.

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Namibia needs to build competent and accountable institutions to manage oil revenue and minimise the risk of corruption by closing all legislative loopholes in order to avoid an oil curse.

The recent election of Uahekua Herunga as deputy Swapo secretary general has added fuel to the already intense battle for political dominance in Kunene, a region that is currently dominated by the United Democratic Front and the Popular Democratic Movement.