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On top of learning the German language, about 52 learners from different schools across the country also got to learn fashion design and sewing skills in an initiative by the Goethe-Institut Namibia.

Many girls on the African continent usually reach the ninth grade, but only one out of five complete the full spectrum of secondary education.

It’s not a far-off assumption that the year hasn’t been something to write home about; actually, the last two years haven’t been ones for the books.

While some people believe that ‘quitters never win and winners never quit’, this has not been true for Viktorio Mimi Martita, who quit her full-time job as an office administrator to become a pharmacist.

The African Pathfinder Leadership Initiative (APLI) and Gweri Vintage Collection have collaborated on a project of making and selling socks to raise funds towards a fellowship programme, slated for 2022.

Deputy minister of information Emma Theophelus has proposed the implementation of a parliamentary unemployment ad hoc committee to tackle youth unemployment challenges in the country.

Although rental markets across most advanced economies are on a path of recovery due to the resumption of normal life, improved pace of Covid-19 vaccination and job growth, these dynamics remain farfetched in the Namibian market.

Renovations and upgrades to the Lüderitz old power station, which forms part of the town’s second phase waterfront development project, have been delayed due to financial constraints. 

The speed or pace at which hate-crime murders and executions of gay marriages/LGBTI people are taking place is overwhelming

Namibia is in an unenviable position as a developing country, its economy is very fragile and it is trying to weather the pandemic.