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In the wake of high living costs and persisting high unemployment, what are the chances of making a living? It is no surprise that young people would employ alternative means to counter the prevailing circumstances. 

There is an old saying attributed to Colin Powell that says, “The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them, or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”

The proliferation of information and the paradigm shifts occurring with technology have various impacts on learners in informal and formal education, respectively. 

The education ministry this week made startling revelations with regards to the effects of digital gaps on e-learning, especially in rural schools and remote communities across the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Asser Uakondjisa Kauazunda - Theatre technical coordinator Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture’s Directorate of Arts

Parents of learners at village schools in the Tsumkwe constituency are concerned that teachers who are sleeping in tents because of a dearth of proper accommodation, would seek new pastures.

A potentially devastating strike by civil servants was averted after government and unions representing workers reached a compromise agreement, which Cabinet secretary George Simataa pronounced as “peace over money”. 

The Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency has called on Namibians to desist from buying smuggled maize meal from neighbouring countries, as it jeopardises the local grain procurement process.

Two senior officials of the Walvis Bay municipality were internally charged with negligence and gross misconduct last week. This was confirmed by internal sources at the municipality earlier this week, although the councillors opted not to comment on the matter.

Although the Covid-19 pandemic caused significant hardship to Namibians, the Development Bank of Namibia has reported an improvement and a resumption of economic activities and growth.