The teaching profession in Namibia is at a crossroads. The nation’s education system, once a beacon of hope and progress, is now grappling with an alarming surplus of unemployed teachers. This issue is compounded by the proliferation of higher education institutions offering teaching qualifications, often with alarmingly low entry requirements, as low as 16 points...
OKAUKUEJO – The Hai//om San community of Ombika Anderson Gate in Etosha say they feel left out. They are not happy, as they do not get all services and assistance from their constituency Uuvudhiya, and the region of Oshana, which they said is far from Ombika. The community stressed that they feel hidden from Namibia...
Auleria Wakudumo The Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has warned the public to avoid sharing banking details with strangers claiming to be their representatives. This latest warning follows a case where a 59-year-old was scammed out of N$29 000 by a suspect pretending to be an official from MTC. The victim lost his money even after...
Lahja Nashuuta Praise rained on popular former president Hifikepunye Pohamba at the launch of his biography titled the ‘Footprints of Hifikepunye Pohamba’, held in Windhoek yesterday. The biography, co-written by the former Head of State, provides a retrospective reflection on his journey pre- and post-independence. It details his trials and tribulations in the quest to...
Cecilia Iyambo To decongest schools in the Kavango East region, the education directorate has resolved to construct a new primary school at Ndiyona circuit, a settlement some 100 kilometres east of Rundu. The primary school is part of a cohort of schools to be constructed throughout the region during the current financial year. During a...
ONAWA – The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare officially inaugurated the first-ever early childhood development centre (ECD) at Onawa location in Oshakati on Friday. The centre was constructed with funding from Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) and Development Workshop Namibia (DWN) at a cost of N$800 000. In a speech read on...
Auleria Wakudumo ONGWEDIVA – Omulumenhu weedula dihe shiivike natango okwa dengwa shi nyanyalifa kovakwashiwana oufiku wEtitano potundi 00h00 lwaapo eshi vati a nyeka okakadona ongodi. Mokufaduka po, ovakwashiwana ovemu taata ndele tave mu kwata. Omufeekelwa okwa dengwa nomamanya, noimwati needibo okudja lwokoBay watch, ta findikilwa kovakwashiwana poshivelo shoshitaasi shopolifi mOngwediva, omo a ka lotokela opo...
Charles Ndeumane IINDANGUNGU – Omukalimo gwomomukunda Ombili moshikandjohohololo shaKaku okwa ti ye nofamily ye oya thigwa kaaye na olukalwa sho anuwa egumbo lyawo nepya ya hanagulwa po kolutenda ndoka lwa taakana mepya lyawo. Vistorina Asino okwa ti ehangano lyoTransnamib olya longitha omukwanezimo gwawo ngoka ali ena uunkundi wopamadhiladhilo ngoka aadhika megumbo opo ya ndhidhilike euvathanotsokumwe...
Auleria Wakudumo Eefikola moshitukulwa shaShana oda ninga eenhele doimbuluma tai ningwa kovahongwa, osho sha eta ovahongi, ovanashilonga vamwe peefikola, noshi yo ovanafikola voovena va mbadapale. Moule womafiku atano, oshitukulwa shaShana osha kundana oiningwanima i fike pu itano, ya ningwa kovahongwa okudja keefikola da yooloka noibofa ihamano oya lopotwa kopolifi fiyo opapa. Oiningwanima oya kwatela...
Namibia is formulating her 6th National Development Plan (NDP) to cover the period 2025 – 2030. The NDPs in Namibia have been facilitated through the National Planning Commission (NPC) under the Office of the President. The NPC defines NDPs as large-scale investment programmes to develop both soft and hard infrastructure for the development of the country....