ONGWEDIVA – The University of Namibia (Unam) Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology capped its 30 pioneer engineering students yesterday during a ceremony that took place at the Ongwediva Trade Fair venue.
The first ever group of engineers to be produced in Namibia consists of 20 males and 10 females. They received bachelor degrees (honours) in engineering in the fields of civil, computer, electronics, mechanical, metallurgical, and mining.
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WINDHOEK - Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as from July, because NamPower bulk electricity tariffs are set to increase by 13 percent, leading to an effective average of 12 percent increase for consumers, the Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Control Board (ECB) Siseho Simasiku announced yesterday.
The tariff increases are effective for the period July 1 2013 to June 30 2014.
According Simasiku, the reasons proffered...
WINDHOEK – High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo yesterday sentenced Pieter Farmer (38) to an effective 35 years imprisonment for murdering his former lover.
Standing with his arms crossed during the duration of the court session, the former Rosh Pinah manager was given a 35-year sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and mother of his eight-year-old daughter. He also got one year for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Both sentences were orde...
WINDHOEK - The clarification this week by the hierarchy of the domestic elite football league, MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) over its hasty rescheduling of crucial matches within a space of less than 15 hours leave simply too much to be desired.
While on the other hand there is reluctance and confusion in the ranks of all the affected teams, which have been forced to release their core players to the Brave Warriors squad for the hastily arranged international frie...
RUNDU – The high rate of teenage pregnancy continues unabated in the Kavango Region where 23 learners fell pregnant at a single school.
Twenty-three learners fell pregnant during the first trimester at the Sauyemwa Combined School in Rundu. Some of the learners have delivered already, while others will continue attending classes until they deliver.
The principal Wencislaus Kasera confirmed the shocking number to New Era on Wednesday, adding that teen pregnancy is a serious challenge at the school and urged learners to refrain from indulging in unprotected sex....
WALVIS BAY - Namibia has agreed in principle to the construction of a dedicated Trans-Kalahari railway line that will transport commodities, mainly coal, from Botswana to the Port of Walvis Bay.
Botswana’s Morupule coal deposit is one of the biggest deposits in the world and has the capacity to export about 100 million tonnes of coal per annum. The Trans-Kalahari railway line has been in the works for a couple of years, as it would make it ideal to export the coal through Walvis Bay. Botswana already has a dry port at Walvis Bay.
While no concrete figures are ...