A YOUNG man yesterday caused a stir after he almost drove into Founding President Sam Nujoma's car, in a manner that could be mistaken for an assassination attempt.

THE National Society for Human Rights has launched a scathing attack on the integrity of the Electoral Commission of Namibia, three days ahead of Namibia's watershed election, but the electoral body has opted to reply with silence.

A BUSINESS trip to Namibia went badly wrong for an Israeli woman involved in the diamond industry last week, when she found herself being arrested, charged and finally fined N$50 000 for having brought diamonds into Namibia without a licence.

There will be at least two locally-organised observer missions for these elections, in addition to expected observer teams from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), SADC Parliamentary Forum, African Union and the United Nations.

The Pan-African Parliament has selected Mr Ambrose Dery, Deputy Minority Leader of Ghana's Parliament, to lead its 36-member delegation to observe the Namibian Presidential and Parliamentary elections slated for November 27 and 29 2009.

With only one week left before the Presidential and National elections take place, there are mixed feelings amongst the public about voting, with some having total apathy, while others are actively involved and campaigning for their favoured political parties. Some

THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has put on hold the building of 93 low-cost houses under the Government-funded Build Together Programme because of a lack of developed plots.

THE NBC slightly increased its election coverage of the opposition last week - a move political analysts believe could have been motivated by the presence of international election observers.

THE pre-election gift in the form of 48 brand new double-cab bakkies given to traditional chiefs by Government was discriminatory towards other ethnic groups in Namibia, an opposition party says.

THERE will soon be life and light in the sleepy village of Asab after the Hardap Regional Council unveiled plans to inject money into business promotion there.

THE case in which 15 HIV-positive women are taking the Government to court for allegedly sterilising them without their consent will start in the High Court tomorrow.

THE Deputy Chief of the City Police, Nathaniel Nendongo, was arrested after a car accident in Windhoek at around 23h00 on Wednesday.

THE Nudo party is being blamed for spurring campaign violence after the car of a Swapo member was allegedly damaged.

To afford readers and voters more insight into the policy positions of the various political parties taking part in the upcoming National Assembly and Presidential elections in November, New Era approached political parties to expound on their policies on different

The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) took its election campaign to the Omaheke Region recently.

Congress of Democrats (CoD) President, Ben Ulenga, says it is high time the country moves beyond poverty and ignorance to the other side where prosperity can be achieved.

More than 70 people at Okonguati exchanged their DTA membership cards for Swapo's membership cards, saying the days of DTA leadership in Epupa constituency are over.