Parents and politicians in the Otjozondjupa Region gathered at Otjiwarongo on Thursday to discuss and analyse the Grade 11 and Grade 12 final examination results for 2022. Over 80 principals along with school inspectors and regional and local authority councillors attended the one-day meeting organised by the Otjozondjupa Regional Council. In his keynote address, Otjozondjupa…
The Namibian Cycling Federation’s (NCF) president, Axel Thiessen, says the upcoming African Cycling Confederation (CAC) African road championships will be used as an Olympic qualifier for Team Namibia. Held since 2001, the African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa, where the African cyclists are crowned champion for the…
European Union (EU) Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, told the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW) on Tuesday that the Early Childhood Development (ECD) training for teachers is insufficient. Urpilainen said this during her visit to the EU-funded ECD centre in the Mix settlement. She urged the MGEPESW to invest…
The Namibian government, in partnership with European Union (EU), on Tuesday here launched an Annual Action Plan (AAP). The APP, which is valued at N.dollars 437 million, will cater for three new development programs in Windhoek, which include foundational education; governance and gender equality; and technical cooperation facility. This launch coincided with the EU and…
The Directorate of Education in the Kavango West Region commemorated International Education Day at the Christian Joseph Haihambo Combined School on Tuesday. The day, which is commemorated annually on 24 January, was observed under the theme ‘To invest in people, prioritise education.’ In a speech read on her behalf, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture,…
The Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) has teamed up with several international ports in a bid to position itself to handle green hydrogen products destined for the European Union market. The five-year collaborations between NamPort and the Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges and the Netherlands Port of Rotterdam, signed in 2022 and 2021 respectively, are meant to…
A large number of parents flooded the two main high schools in Rehoboth on Tuesday in a bid to secure places for their children for the 2023 academic year. Speaking to Nampa on the same day, the principal of Rehoboth High School, Jackie Jackson #Khariseb said since the school featured in the top 10 of…
Residents of Groot Aub are frustrated by the restrictive measures put up by the City of Windhoek (CoW) which do not permit them to drill boreholes. Speaking to Nampa on Tuesday, Windhoek Rural Constituency Councillor and Landless People’s Movement (LPM) member Petrus Adams said that CoW has set up restrictive measures that prohibit private residents…
Over 100 Grade 8 learners are currently on a waiting list to be placed in schools for the Hardap Region’s #Oan||ob circuit. There are 15 pre-primary learners and 30 Grade 1 learners on the waiting list for the same circuit. This was revealed in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday by George Dax, the Inspector…
Residents of Groot Aub and the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) have expressed concern at the rate at which crime is escalating at the settlement. They expressed their fears of crime during a visit by Nampa to the Windhoek Rural Constituency on Tuesday. “There is a lot of drug and alcohol abuse in Groot Aub. Our…