OMUTHIYA – The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture’s executive director, Sanet Steenkamp, has expressed shock over the death of a 16-year-old learner, who allegedly drowned in Lake Guinas near Tsumeb over the weekend.
The Namibian Police reported that O’linn Nauyoma drowned around 15h00 on Sunday. 

He was a learner at Etosha Secondary School in Tsumeb.
“We are shocked by the loss of our learner. Our condolences go out to the family and Etosha Secondary School,” she said in an interview on Tuesday.

The executive director said the ministry is collaborating with the police and the divers to search for his body while also preparing for social workers to visit the school and his family.

The Namibian Police’s crime investigations coordinator for the Oshikoto region, Titus Ekandjo, confirmed the incident, saying Nauyoma had been at the lake as part of an excursion by the Learners’ Representative Council of the school.

The incident reportedly occurred while the victim and a friend were swimming.
His next of kin have been informed.
-Nampa