Mike, the charcoal smuggler, hitchhiked to the village after his girlfriend dumped him for being bankrupt. That morning, he strolled through the grass and spotted a dry-rotted tree. Then, he raised his bushy eyebrows and flashed a camera at the bottle-shaped tree. The wood-lice tree reminded him of the ‘fig tree’ that a televangelist had...
As the world works tirelessly to empower the girl child and address the historical injustices that have long marginalised girls, the boy child is left lagging. To ensure the boy child does not fall by the wayside, the Quiver Tree Cluster, a group of six secondary schools in the Kalahari circuit, began the Boys Club...
More than 150 students received financial assistance from the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), in collaboration with the Namibia Mineworkers Investment Trust (NAMIT) and NAM-MIC. The 157 beneficiaries were granted funding through the NAMIT EduFund Grant. Beneficiaries were selected from a pool of 170 applicants. Tjambiru Maripundua, a beneficiary and law student, shared his gratitude...
Breaking free from cycles of poverty and creating business and employment are daunting tasks. RuralRevive Initiative equips capable young people with skills to create jobs for themselves and become entrepreneurs. One of the co-founders, Reinhold Mangundu, said the initiative trains young people through its horticulture training programmes, equipping them with skills to set up gardens for themselves....
Kambangane’s heart skips a beat, and he falls from his cheetah-skin armchair. Rumours had spread like bushfire that the worn-to-strips trouser Katjemambo had won R20 000 after spotting a ticket while stirring a three-legged pot of porridge. This was the first time that Katjemambo bought maize meal, as he often begged Kambangane for churned milk...
The 2025 Bank Windhoek Coastal Maths Challenge concluded the first round. A total of 1079 learners from 13 coastal schools recently participated in the first round of the 2025 Bank Windhoek Coastal Maths Challenge. Facilitated under the supervision of teachers at participating schools, learners from grades 8, 9 and 10 completed the challenge, which consisted...
Linea Shoopala Social media is what you make of it. From WhatsApp status updates to viral trends on X and curated Instagram posts, individuals are making use of these platforms to the best of their advantage. For Elias Tranquility Ndulumba (28), social media is more than just entertainment, but a tool for change. He connects...
The Zambezi Girl Child Foundation was founded in 2018 to address pressing issues in the Zambezi region. One of the challenging issues is menstruation, which is often overlooked in the community. However, it is not the physical challenge that causes the problem – it is the stigma. Girls across the region do not attend school...
As Namibia’s unemployment rate soared to a staggering 36.9% in 2023, young Namibians are turning to entrepreneurship as a way to improve their livelihoods. With limited formal employment opportunities, many youths are becoming creative, starting small businesses and carving out new paths to financial independence. The Namibia Statistics Agency reported in January 2025 that the...
A reddish streak cuts across the dark sky, stirring the popped-eyed villagers to look skyward. Thereafter, breastfeeding mammas in sleepwear flogged the preschoolers, yelling at them to hide inside the thatch-roofed huts. Luckily, the bright moon glowed over hills. The next sunrise, the knobkerrie men shuffled their feet towards the 700-year-old tree. Soon, they quarrelled...