This week, New Era’s Edward Mumbuu sat down with Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi, who pulled no punches when he confronted questions on the party’s achievements, internal chaos, ties to his former political home, how the country’s resources can benefit its citizen and coalition politics as the country gears towards the 2024 showdown:
Swakopmund residents took to the streets on Wednesday to voice their disappointment with the slow delivery of land and housing in the town.
A 26-year-old woman who allegedly dumped her newborn immediately after giving birth at the Ncamagoro (Mile 30) village in Kavango West will not be arrested, pending a decision whether to prosecute her or not.
A leaked board resolution shows that TransNamib has offered its want-away CEO Johny Smith a N$2.4 million salary to remain at the cash-strapped rail entity for another five years.
President Hage Geingob yesterday struck an optimistic tone and assured the nation that Namibia’s economic trajectory entered a period of revival, with green shoots on the horizon, but the fact that he left parliament without answering all questions irked some opposition members.
The United Kingdom is in the process of changing Namibia’s status due to the purported abuse of its asylum and other immigration laws, New Era has been reliably informed.
The Walvis Bay municipal council has set in motion plans to move the first 50 people from Walvis Bay to Farm 37 within the next few months.
The Directorate of Legal Aid in the Ministry of Justice has instructed lawyer Jermaine Muchali as the legal representative of the biological mother of a nine-year-old girl, who was killed and her body burned allegedly by her and two co-accused.
Local farmers in Zambezi can breathe a sigh of relief after the agriculture ministry announced the lifting of control measures imposed in the region as a result of the foot and mouth disease outbreak, which occurred in Mbalasinte in Kabbe South Constituency in the Zambezi region in October 2022.
Kalahari constituency councillor Ignatius Kariseb and the leadership of the Omaheke Regional Council have embarked on an investment drive to raise funds for the construction of a multi-million-dollar 20MW solar plant in the region.