The potential for Namibia’s agriculture sector must be unleashed to drive thousands of Namibians out of poverty and joblessness. This is done through achieving more inclusive growth and raising the share of the sector’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product.
Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )
Thanking educators on World Teachers’ Day
President Hage Geingob has heaped praise on Namibian teachers “for their joint efforts and generous contributions to the development of our human capital to realise their full potential”. The President said this on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day.
Reinvigorated Hage Geingob Cup returns
This year’s edition of the popular Dr Hage Geingob Cup is set to make a reinvigorating return to the Namibian sporting calendar with some jumbo rugby action, which will see the World Cup-bound Welwitschias locking horns with South Africa’s Griquas.
Essay: Importance of strengthening school feeding programmes
School feeding programmes are important for the physical, mental and psychosocial development of children between the ages of 6 and 19 in schools.
Dispatched Thoughts: Respect your elders
Respect is one of those things in life that you are taught from a young age. It is one of those lessons that can make people appreciate and tolerate you or simply despise you.
Shaping skills for a thriving market
The Global Shapers Windhoek Hub in collaboration with the United Nations Namibia recently wrapped up applications for the 2022 intake of unemployed graduates to equip them with skills to thrive in the job market.
Namibians off to international robotics competition
A three-member robotics team will fly out Monday to represent Namibia at the FIRST Global Challenge, which is an international robotics competition for teenagers that are enthusiastic about science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM).
TVET sector to address unemployment
Vocational training centres are in a central position to address Namibia’s unemployment, which is one of the country’s biggest stumbling blocks toward a modern economy.
Short Story – The Battle of Omatupa
For three nights, the troopers hooked me to a horse-drawn wagon. The governor ordered us to round up the fleeing matchstick-leg natives.
Instead of looking for investors, look for partners
Once a troubled 19-year-old with a stint in prison for shooting a police officer in the leg and several assault cases, Angolan-born Legend Nafuka is now a reformed young man with business interests in mining copper.