KEETMANSHOOP - The expected rush for placement of learners at schools during the start of the new academic year seemed to have not tremendously affected the //Kharas regional education directorate.
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Ray of hope for Mariental squatters
MARIENTAl - Residents living in informal areas in Mariental town will soon be moved on demarcated land with land titles as per the Flexible Land Tenure System, the Mariental Municipality has announced.
Opinion: Tribute to my late teacher
Almost at the end of last year, I had the opportunity and honour to attend the burial of my former teacher and mentor, one of the illustrious leaders of the Kavango East Region, from a redoubtable (royal) family.
Living off trash … Sauyemwa’s women have families to feed
RUNDU - Women from Sauyemwa informal settlement in Rundu meet at the town’s dumping site every morning to sift through piles of garbage for a living. They collect cans, glass and plastic bottles and sell them to a recycling company Rent -a- drum for a minimal fee.
Youth implored to stand up against crime
RUNDU - Kavango East regional police commander, Commissioner Johanna Ngondo has expressed concern about high levels of crime committed by young people of school-going age.
Nanso discourages pupils from renting on their own
RUNDU - President of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) Simon Taapopi has discouraged learners from renting on their own because of the revised education curriculum, which has seen a number of pupils placed at schools without hostels.
300 pupils without a roof over their heads
OMUTHIYA - About 300 learners at Oniipa Primary School will be taught in tents, as the school is without proper infrastructure to accommodate them.
San urged to capitalise on opportunities
TSINTSABIS - Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has urged the San community to capitalise on opportunities presented to them by government, such as free access to education.
Zemba oku ndjiranda notjimariva tjezumo randje uriri- Uruanaani Matundu
Otjomuise- Otjikumutundu tjo tji wana Omandaha tja wo ronganene motjivarero otjiyandja hange metuwo ro komando oitjavari yerapi rOtjiserandu okuyandja ondjozikiro ku Uruanaa¿i “Scara” Matundu.
City shooting suspect still without lawyer
WINDHOEK - A former Global Fund employee accused of killing his supervisor and wounding an ex-colleague is still without legal representation after the lawyer instructed by Legal Aid Henry Shimutikweni refused the instruction.