IN the spirit of encouraging both the young and the old to attain higher education, I find this season of graduation ceremonies at different universities and colleges most appropriate to tell the nation about Honourable Peya Mushelenga’s academic feat mesmerised teachers graduating with the postgraduate diploma in education at Sunshine Private College last week.
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Opinion – Taking street kids off the streets
THE rise in the number of street kids has reached alarming proportions. Due to poor living conditions at home and the inaccessibility of a means of livelihood, many young people have been pushed onto the streets.
Opinion – Are Namibian private schools regulated?
Private schools are established as per Article 20 of the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia. The article gives the right to any person to open and operate a private school and to finance such school from his or her own resources.
Opinion – Balancing personal interests with organisational objectives
In the dynamic kingdom of leadership, where the fate of organisations hinges on the decisions of those at the helm, the complex dance between personal aspirations and organisational objectives forms the very fabric of success or downfall.
Opinion – Importance of manifestos in an election year
As we approach the national elections, many Namibians will be contemplating to which political party or independent candidates they will pledge their support because this year’s elections will be tightly contested between political parties and independent candidates.
Opinion – Developmental state, meritocracy and minimum requirements
In May 2019, Saima Mushimba was arrested at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital. She had impersonated herself as a medical intern who studied in Russia and was stationed at the hospital’s casualty ward.
Know your civil servant – Driven by passion and commitment
Some civil servants would stop at nothing when given the opportunity to blow their horns, and they would sing like canaries at the drop of a hat.
LEX SCRIPTA with FASZ Legal Consultancy – Each party liable to prove their respective claims on a balance of probabilit
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A glimpse into Namibia’s international hunting benefits
NAMIBIA’S international hunting permits increased by more than 600 in 2023, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism’s official statistics.
Ombu Village: The pulse of the Ovaherero culture
Ombu cultural village remainsone of Namibia’s truly living Oveherero heritage sites, where the culture, history and ways of life of the Ovaherero people are on full display.