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Plans are well underway to transform the Ministry of Public Enterprises into a holding company to provide State-owned entities the agility to adjust to economic conditions and to derive meaningful return on investment for the Namibian people.

The scarcity of potable water has heightened fears of human-wildlife conflict in the Zambezi and Kavango regions, with specifically crocodiles and hippos often attacking villagers drawing water from the two perennial rivers.

Swapo spokesperson Hilma Nicanor has dismissed media reports suggesting the party’s politburo has rejected a plan backed by President Hage Geingob to reduce the number of years a candidate needs to compete for top party positions, such as vice president and secretary general. 

The Cohen Fistball Club (CFC) continued to dominate the Bank Windhoek Fistball League when it won the third round in Swakopmund recently. 

Renowned athletics coach Henk Botha has said the recent 22nd edition of the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius was an important learning curve for young and upcoming Namibian athletes. 

I started playing basketball since grade seven when a friend and classmate, Penda, invited me to the UN Plaza for some games. During the grade eight application process, I applied to Immanuel Shifidi Secondary School, and they offered basketball as a sport code.

Please allow me to share this 4th grade Social Studies topic, which I think is one of the pivotal events that shaped and laid a foundation for both the South African and Namibian political struggle, post-1976.

Children living on the streets and those subjected to child labour have expressed the sentiment of being treated as the stepchildren of Namibia as they are often excluded from child and youth spaces and programmes, and have no access to information, opportunities or justice.

This year, as we celebrate the Day of the African Child under the theme ‘Eliminating harmful practices affecting children: Progress on Policy and Practice since 2013’, we recall the 16 June 1976 uprising in Soweto, South Africa, where high school pupils protested against apartheid-enforced Afrikaans as the medium of instruction.

The Windhoek City Police has raised concern over motorists who knowingly and unlawfully use fake number plates and duplicated numbers on more than one vehicle.