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As Namibia grapples with a high youth unemployment crisis, the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) has teamed up with the Goethe-Institut to send young people to Germany where apprentices are needed in large numbers.

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka said one of the biggest hurdles in the sector right now is schools not operating on an academic cycle and reserving funds for needs at the beginning of the academic year.

Newly-appointed Ohangwena regional governor Sebastian Ndeitunga said he is proud to be appointed as a governor.

The chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration, Natangwe Ithete, yesterday blasted commercial banks for what he called “mafia tactics”. 

The agriculture ministry is seeking consultants for a topographical land survey, design and the supervision of construction activities for the Kalimbeza rice project in the Zambezi region.

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) is set to hold its elective congress under the Fifa Normalisation Committee tomorrow with two slates, one under lawyer and former African Stars chairman Patrick Kauta, while the other is under businessman and current Blue Waters chairman Robert Shimooshili, battling it out for the country’s top footballing seat.

The Namibia Chess Federation has received a N$500,000 sponsorship from Bank Windhoek for their developmental programmes as well as national tournaments for 2023/24.

Renowned sport guru Kuveri Tjonga was elevated to a high rank in St. Joel Healing Mission Church in Africa at Epukiro over the weekend.

The fifth edition of the Okapya Annual Soccer Tournament is set to take place at the Eleven Morning Stars Sport Field in Ondangwa from 21 to 24 December.

The GreeN-H2-Namibia project this week released a detailed factsheet focused on Namibia’s energy sector, as part of an ongoing initiative to bolster a domestic hydrogen economy.