Namibia
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:51:18 GMTNamibia Wildlife Resorts Proceeds With Salary Cuts
[New Era] At the beginning of July 2021, Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) Limited communicated the need to cut the salaries of all its employees as a last resort after it had exhausted all other cost-cutting measures it had instituted over the past 16 ...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:39 GMTFishrot Accused Attacks Part of Criminal Law
[Namibian] FORMER National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) chief executive Mike Nghipunya, who is facing charges in one of the two Fishrot cases pending in the High Court, wants to challenge the constitutionality of a part of the Criminal Pr...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:39 GMTNamibia Says No to Afghan Refugees
[Namibian] NAMIBIA has opted not to take in refugees from Afghanistan following the Taliban's lightning-quick seizure of Kabul, the country's capital city.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:26:33 GMT'Small Boss' Faces Immigration Charges
[New Era] A charcoal farmer in the vicinity of Grootfontein, Simon 'Small Boss' Tuhafeni, was rearrested on fresh charges for keeping foreign nationals in the country illegally. He appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate's Court on Monday, where he w...
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:17:24 GMTDigital Enabler Injects Capital to Ensure That MTC Ambassadors Fulfill and Attain Their Dreams
[Namibia Economist] Mobile Telecommunications Limited's (MTC) philanthropic gesture of supporting social causes across the country, has now been extended to all its ambassadors through its latest initiative dubbed; the MTC Dreamers Project.
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:55:58 GMTTax Fraud Convicts Appeal
[New Era] Trevor Brockerhoff, who represented four of the accused in the just-ended tax fraud trial, lodged an application for leave to appeal their convictions and sentence yesterday. Windhoek High Court acting judge Kobus Miller concluded the trial...
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:54:41 GMTThe Derivations of Poverty
[New Era] The battle against poverty is won by those who fearlessly claim their share of the universe. Those of us who fear life challenges are used as tools for masters who are fearless. Fear is a derivative of poverty.
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:52:49 GMTA School With a Vision
[New Era] The Rukonga Vision School in Kavango East was established to improve the quality of education delivery in the country. The school serves as a model whose performance and culture should be emulated by other public and private schools.
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:50:07 GMTECDs Backbone of Education
[New Era] Early childhood development centres are a vital component in the education of children, offering them a much-needed boost to excel in schools.This is according to Sandra Owoses, a pre-primary teacher of Swakopmund who is of the opinion that...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:38 GMTCourt Dismisses Anti-Noa Challenge Over Lack of Urgency
[Namibian] HIGH Court judge Shafimana Ueitele this morning dismissed a case in which seven opposition parties were challenging the decision by National Assembly speaker Peter Katjavivi to convene a special session of parliament that approved the re-a...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:38 GMTConstruction of Nampower Transmission Line Begins
[Namibian] CONSTRUCTION work has started on NamPower's multi-million-dollar 287-kilometre Auas-Gerus transmission line.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:23:21 GMTJournalists Don't Walk Vaccination Talk
[New Era] While more than 90% of Namibian media practitioners have encouraged the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19, only 40% of them have been inoculated against the deadliest pandemic the world has seen in a century.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:39:11 GMTFamily Reunion Turns Into Triple Tragedy
[New Era] What was supposed to be a girls trip and a happy reunion has shattered a Swakopmund family that lost two sisters with a promising future as well as a granddaughter on Friday in a horrific car accident. Stacey Tsuses, who recently turned 21,...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:37:11 GMTWalvis Bay Forensic Report Implicates More Officials
[New Era] The Walvis Bay conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers into the housing irregularities at the municipality is implicating more employees. This was revealed yesterday to New Era by one of the local councillors, who spoke on condition of anonymit...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:28:27 GMTNghipunya Wants Hindrance to Bail Removed From Statute
[New Era] Former CEO of the Fisheries Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor), Mike Nghipunya (37) wants the Windhoek High Court to remove the words "It is the interest of the public or the administration of justice" from the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA).
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:10:21 GMTFor the First Time in Four Months No Covid-19 Related Death Reported
[New Era] Namibian health authorities yesterday reported zero Covid-19 deaths for the first time in over four months. The number of people admitted to hospital because of the virus or related issues has also gone down. In addition, the number of peop...
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:45:45 GMTBuffaloes Beat Magic to Book Semi Spot
[Namibian] ZAMBIA's Green Buffaloes became the fourth side into the semifinals of the 2021 TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League Cosafa Qualifiers after they claimed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Tura Magic of Namibia on Tuesday.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:39 GMTBank Windhoek Bags International Award
[Namibian] Bank Windhoek bags international award
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:39 GMTShifeta Hand-Picks Sossusvlei Transporter
[Namibian] MINISTER of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has hand-picked businessman Laban Kandume's company to exclusively transport travellers into the Namib Desert's renowned Sossusvlei area.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:39 GMTDesert Jewel Sparkles in SA
[Namibian] MONICA Gomases. Remember this name. Gomases (19) from Rehoboth has tongues wagging across the border to the south where she has been one of the standout performers in South Africa's Varsity Netball scene.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:38 GMTReinstatement of Walvis Officials Questioned
[Namibian] POLITICAL parties have questioned how the Walvis Bay municipality's chief executive officer and three other officials were reinstated.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:23:38 GMTNorthern Property Developer Acquitted of Corruption
[Namibian] NORTHERN property developer Erastus Nikodemus of Greywall Properties was last week acquitted on charges of fraud, forgery and the uttering of forged documents.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:12:35 GMTZimbabwe Donates 20 000 Covid-19 Jabs to Namibia
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Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:02:53 GMTPensioner Allegedly Killed By Daughter-in-Law
[New Era] The Namibian Police reported more than 10 deaths over the weekend, mostly resulting from reckless and negligent driving and stabbings. According to the weekend crime report, an 81-year-old woman died after allegedly being assaulted by her d...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:22:26 GMTWarriors Assemble for Leopards
[Namibian] WITH home-ground advantage out of the equation, coach Bobby Samaria is focused on getting the Brave Warriors battle ready for Thursday's 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying showdown against Congo in Johannesburg.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:15:16 GMTNetball League Returns
[Namibian] THE MTC Netball Premiership resumes this weekend following a three-month Covid-induced hiatus.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 07:54:23 GMTImproved Land Management Essential for Poverty Reduction - Minister Schlettwein
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Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:42:27 GMTJooste Defends N$1,6b Air Namibia Payment
[Namibian] MINISTER of public enterprises minister Leon Jooste has defended the government's decision to pay N$1,6 billion to an American company that leased aircraft to Air Namibia.
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:42:26 GMTHeavy Jail Terms Over Vat Refunds Scam
[Namibian] A FORMER employee of a company contracted to handle value-added tax (VAT) refund claims on behalf of the Ministry of Finance has received an 18-year prison term for her involvement in a fraud scheme that cost the government more than N$26 ...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:54:49 GMTCapricorn Group Backs Up Women's Cricket
[Namibia Economist] Capricorn Group announced on Sunday, 29 August 2021, that they have entered into an agreement with