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Okamatyona keedula 18 oka kwatwa po eshi vati ka teya obashu yamukainhu nelalakano lokumukwata onghonga.

A total of 760 qualifications were conferred by the International Training College-Lingua last week. This year’s graduation took place under the theme, ‘Access, Equity Diversity and Inclusion in Education: 21 years reflection’.

A group of 240 girls from 12 high schools in the Khomas region recently attended a girl in engineering (GirlEng) micro workshop.

Namibian Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga said a lack of parental care among children often results in them dropping out of school and ending up on the streets to participate in crimes.

A former hostel caretaker, currently serving 68 years imprisonment for sexually violating 10 minor boys, is heading to the Supreme Court to appeal his conviction and sentence.

Seacope Freezer Fishing, a joint venture between the Fishcor-owned Seaflower White Fish and Spanish fishing company Copemar, has not paid salaries to their 50 fishermen, whom they allegedly ditched without prior notice.

The Namibia Local Business Association has pleaded with government to consider providing tax relief to civil servants, which would help to increase their net salaries on an interim basis until economic challenges have dissipated.

Based on regional findings on digital learning and transformation, the lack of electricity and connectivity devices remains a challenge in most of Namibia’s rural schools.

Even if employees at the cash-strapped TransNamib down tools, the industrial action will change nothing, CEO Johny Smith said on Tuesday while also warning workers of the consequences of a strike on their pockets.