Shamiso Kumbirai, a young engineer, is making a huge impact increasing awareness of the plight of lack of sanitation in communities. “In Grade 10 I was exposed to civil engineering. I loved the feeling of being onsite, but became keenly aware of the need for females to join the civil engineering field,” says Kumbirai.
Year: 2018
Namibian youth takes first steps to entering space
WINDHOEK - Fresh from being elected to the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) as coordinator for African, Senior Shimhanda, a final year Master of Engineering student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has passed the entrance examination to Japanese Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) for the Space Engineering International Course (SEIC).
Emptiness, fear engulf Cheryl’s school
WINDHOEK - Learners at the Gammams Primary School in Khomasdal are in a grip of fear about their own lives, following the gruesome killing of one their own, Cheryl Avihe Ujaha, during the school holidays.
Sectional Title Act implemented to target defaulters – CoW
WINDHOEK - The City of Windhoek (CoW) recently announced the implementation of the Sectional Title Act of 2009 that requires owners of sectional titles to submit title deeds and related documents to the city by no later than September 30, 2018. A recent advertisement by the CoW in local newspapers warned that “failure to provide the required information by the due date will result in levying the value of the land portion of the units equally amongst each unit”.
Namibian fuel up by 40c/l as prices approach global average
WINDHOEK – At one minute past midnight last night motorists started forking out 40 cents a litre more on all petroleum products, bringing the price of petrol at Walvis Bay to NS12.95 per litre, diesel 500ppm to NS13.28 per litre and diesel 50ppm to NS 13.33 per litre. While the new fuel prices are astronomical for Namibians, these figures are still below but are fast approaching the current average global petrol price of N$14.75 per litre.
Why trade between UK, SACU and Mozambique matters
British consumers – including me – are partial to some Mozambican cashews, Namibian beef or South African apples.
That’s just part of the reason why the UK government has made it a priority to ensure continuity in trade with Southern Africa as the UK leaves the EU.
Re-integrating NSFAF into higher education ministry
The Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) Act No.26 of 2000 came into being and operational in 2000, replacing the Public Service Bursary Scheme whose purpose was to train people to work solely in the civil service.
//Kharas education director wants capacitation of libraries
KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas education director /Awebahe //Hoeseb has called on all stakeholders in education to ensure that libraries are equipped with the necessary Information and Communication Technologies.
Man stabbed by his sibling
WINDHOEK – A man who was apparently inebriated after an all-day drinking session was seriously injured after he was allegedly stabbed by his own brother whom he provoked in Khomasdal.
Speaker consoles grief-stricken Ujaha family
WINDHOEK - Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi, accompanied by his wife Jane Katjavivi and the Chairperson of the National Council, Margret Mensah-Williams, on Monday joined several other politicians who have consoled the family of Cheryl Avihe Ujaha.