Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – A devastating fire left a 75-year-old pensioner, Kuveri Antoinette Kamahene, homeless after it destroyed her house in Epukiro constituency’s Otjombundiro village last week. The pensioner was alone when the devastation occurred. She told New Era that she was cooking outside the house, and went to collect spices inside her house when...
Acting High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo yesterday said the ‘Fishrot’ trial will continue on 2 September, even if some of the accused do not have defence lawyers. Dubbed ‘Fishrot’, the trial involves former Cabinet ministers Bernard Esau and Sacky Shanghala as well as several top businessmen. While some of the accused indicated they were not...
ETAYI – Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has unambiguously stated that Namibia’s natural resources belong to Namibians, and those who wish to invest in the country must do so on their terms. This, she said, will be explicitly stated in the Swapo manifesto, to be launched next month. She made these remarks during the opening...
Victoria Immanuel Charles Ndeumane Nuusita Ashipala ONGWEDIVA – Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged local businesses and entrepreneurs to use smart technology to their advantage to enhance creativity, increase productivity and increase profitability. The VP made these remarks while officially opening the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) last Saturday. “This event, therefore, signifies the ongoing...
Lahja Nashuuta Political parties and an analysts have hailed the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s Mock Voter Verification Exercise of the Enhanced and Upgraded Integrated Mobile Voter Registration System (IMVRS). ECN chief electoral and referenda officer, Petrus Shaama, said the primary objective of the pilot exercise is to evaluate the real-time functionality and user-friendliness of the...
ETAKA – Namibia Water Corporation CEO Abraham Nehemia says the utility has installed soon-to-be commissioned water pumps at Calueque Dam to permanently keep Olushandja Dam filled. He made the remarks during the opening of the Etaka-Uuvudhiya earth canal, which stretches more than 130 kilometres at the Olushandja Dam south wall pump station, in the Omusati...
The Namibia University of Science and Technology’s senior journalism lecturer Phillip Santos has recommended that the government subsidises private media houses to better equip them for elections’ coverage. He made the call last Wednesday during a panel discussion on the role of media in promoting democratic elections in Namibia, which was organised by the Friedrich...
The introduction of the national minimum wage should be viewed as a positive move toward bettering the livelihoods of workers, including domestic workers. This is according to Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment-Creation’s spokesperson Maria Hedimbi.She spoke to Nampa following statements by the secretary general of the Namibian Domestic and Allied Workers Union (Ndawu),...
Charles Ndeumane As the national elections approach, social justice activists continue pushing for the implementation of the universal Basic Income Grant, which some critics see as a vote-winning strategy. However, pro-BIG activists say the grant should not be used as an electioneering tool, just for hopeful and destitute Namibians to be left hanging after the...
NKURENKURU – The police in Kavango West have, since the start of August, confiscated about 400 planks that were smuggled from Angola. There is currently a moratorium on harvesting and transportation of timber. The 400 planks were smuggled into the country through illegal entry points along the Okavango River. “No timber is allowed to pass...