The Otjozondjupa directorate of education last week held its 2024 school opening conference here to take stock of the region’s performance last year and devise ways on how to improve this year.
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Nedbank, AMT school excursions commence
The UNAM/Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) programme began late last month with school excursions in Windhoek to provide hands-on astronomical education and inspire young minds in the field of astrophysics and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
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Debmarine donates food to Green Leaves
Debmarine Namibia demonstrated its commitment to Green Leaves Primary School and welfare by donating food parcels aimed at spreading love and addressing food insecurity.
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Know your civil servant – Van der Berg: Longest-serving public servant
Maria van der Berg, a Control Administrative Officer in the Office of the Auditor General, is one of the nation’s unsung heroines who has so far devoted 35 years to serving in the public sector.
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Opinion – “I read your articles in the New Era, keep it up” – Geingob
Countrymen, countrywomen, the youth, friends - as the darkest cloud is hovering over our nation, and we are trying to find terms about the sudden death of our beloved President His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob on 4 February 2024 - and we try to find solace in the Almighty and in each other as a bereaved, united family of the Namibian House - I feel it is my duty as a long-time columnist of New Era
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Opinion – Youth should take the lead on late president’s Hage Geingob uniting mantras
In an opinion article I penned on 21 June 2022 titled ‘Little Cute Mantras by the President’, I referred to his fabled mantras such as ‘the Namibian House; no one should feel left out; and Harambee’ as little cute, because these mantras have been softly spoken of, leaving out the power or the uniting power they carried.
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Opinion – Workplace bullying – The root of macro-economic ailments and tool of destructive leadership
Workplace bullying receives generous inattention in the world of works. It remains intractable and malignant. Institutional systems exemplifying robust “ethical standards” are forcibly its transmission belt.
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Opinion – Unravelling the complex genocide case against Israel
As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delves into the intricate web of legalities surrounding the South Africa vs. Israel Genocide case, the recent issuance of provisional measures has cast a spotlight on the intersection of international law and geopolitics.
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Opinion – Unjustifiable fear amidst politically stable environment
During his inaugural address on 4 March 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States of America, told his fellow Americans that the only thing they had to fear was fear itself.