Jariretundu Kozonguivi, an intellectual militant internationalist was a brainchild of the African National Congress in Eastern Cape while at Fort Hare University, while Sam Nujoma is a crude breed of the railway contract labour system that forced him to adopt African nationalism to fight for their rights.
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2019-03-222024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Remembering the Land of the Brave
Though separated by many independence years, Ghana, 62 and Namibia, 29, share a common independence birth month: March.
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2019-03-222024-05-02Front Page News
President on leading a nation that wants more
President Hage Geingob this week sat down with New Era Managing Editor Toivo Ndjebela at State House for an interview that touched on his four-year presidential journey so far, the country’s public debt situation and leading the ruling party Swapo.
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2019-03-222024-05-02Front Page News
Former property developer fined for fraud
WINDHOEK - A former property mogul from Swakopmund was on Wednesday fined to pay a fine of N$100 000 or spend the next 10 and a half years behind bars at the conclusion of his fraud trial in the Windhoek High Court.
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2019-03-222024-05-02Front Page News
Ex-inmate homeless after shack demolition
WINDHOEK - A former inmate of the Windhoek Correctional Facility who was trying to get back on his feet claims he is destitute after the City of Windhoek property management division confiscated his corrugated-zinc shack about three weeks ago in Agste Laan.
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2019-03-222024-05-02Front Page News
Ileni residents receive N$1.8 worth of toilets
KEETMANSHOOP - Keetmanshoop Urban Constituency Councillor Hilma Nicanor handed over 56 toilets worth close to N$1.8 million recently to residents of Ileni formal settlement in Keetmanshoop.
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2019-03-222024-05-02Front Page News
Children no ground for rent refusal
WINDHOEK – Children cannot be a basis for a landlord to refuse a tenant to rent their place, says a provision in the largely defunct Rents Ordinance of Namibia.
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2019-03-222024-05-07National
Nujoma’s inaugural speech inspired Kenyatta
WINDHOEK - Visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking at the 29th anniversary of Namibia’s independence yesterday, heaped praises on Namibian Founding President Sam Nujoma, saying that his inaugural speech in 1990 inspired him and other African leaders.
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2019-03-222024-05-07National
Cabinet approves N$573 million for drought
WINDHOEK - Cabinet this week announced it has approved a comprehensive drought relief intervention worth N$572.7 million to assist drought-affected communities in communal areas, who are grappling with the prevailing drought.
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2019-03-222024-05-02Front Page News
Geingob enumerates independence gains
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob yesterday marked the 29th anniversary of Namibia’s break from South African colonial rule with a vow that Namibia has undergone tremendous transformation over the past 29 years.