Subsequent to the theft of some national examination papers last year, the education ministry had to pull additional resources to the cost of over N$15 million to re-run the examinations and to ensure timely release of results as initially planned.
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Angolan allegedly killed for making noise
A 40-year-old Angolan national was allegedly stabbed to death with a knife on Friday for allegedly making noise.
Shaningwa challenges think tank to provide solutions
Swapo party secretary general Sophia Shaningwa urged the party’s think tank to navigate the body into becoming the only credible option for voters.
Local authorities must reject corruption – Noa
Service delivery will remain a challenge unless regional and local authorities recommit themselves and develop policies and programmes that expressly reject corruption and all forms of unethical conduct.
Opinion – How do we cherish our young people?
My cousin’s memorial service in December brought me back to my childhood church in Lüderitz, the church he had joined in 1978.
Opinion – The right to information
Namibia again celebrated its Constitution Day on 9 February, as it does every year since 1990, clocking 32 years of nationhood.
Opinion – Shacks undermine reproductive justice
A lot of us do not understand intersecting oppressions and therefore reason as if structural oppression occurs in isolation; as long as we experience some form of privilege, we disregard the oppression of individuals who may be facing multiple forms of layered violence.
Opinion – The 1896 Red Line – a brief history
After the 1884 Berlin Conference that self-awarded territory of present-day Namibia to Germany, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck’s approach was that German companies with private capital must take up the bountiful opportunities in the colonies.
Opinion – Speeding up redistributive land reform ‘responsibly’
Anyone who has a habit of dismissing, and I have met quite a few, the negative impacts of Africa’s colonisation by on-shore and off-shore European settlers, needs a rethink.
Know your civil servant – Consider a career in tech
As the world becomes increasingly digitised, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform’s Information Technology Specialist, Jaenena Muatjetjeja, has urged students to pursue careers in information technology.