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The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture on Wednesday announced the commencement of applications for grades 1 and 8 for 2025. The application period will run from 15 May to 14 June. This was confirmed by a notice the ministry sent out on 13 May. Parents lined up outside Orban Primary School on Wednesday morning, […]
Ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), commemorated worldwide on 17 May, UNAIDS is calling on governments everywhere to protect the human rights of LGBTQI+ people. Protecting the human rights of every person, UNAIDS research shows, is essential for protecting public health, because it enables inclusive and equitable access to health […]
Residents of Khorixas have threatened to protest if the worn-out roads in the constituency are not regravelled, a situation they say they have lived with for over ten years. In March, a petition with over 50 signatures, in which the community asked officials to come up with plans to fix the roads, was emailed to […]
Former Ohangwena governor Usko Nghaamwa is pleading with women to go out in numbers and vote for Swapo’s presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, in the upcoming presidential election. Nghaamwa made this call at the fourth edition of the Omaludi Agricultural Festival gala dinner at Okongo on Saturday, where Nandi-Ndaitwah was the guest of honour. “I want […]
Do you tend to see the glass as half full, rather than half empty? Are you always looking on the bright side of life? If so, you may be surprised to learn that this tendency could actually be good for your health. A number of studies have shown that optimists enjoy higher levels of well-being, […]
Zambezi residents say for peace and unity to prevail, the boundary between the Zambezi and Kavango East regions should be moved back to the Mukuvi area. This was expressed by some residents at the commencement of the two-day regional public consultations by the fifth Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission on Monday. The commission is chaired […]
The education regional director in the Oshikoto region, Aletta Eises, says the directorate is facing a critical shortage of chairs and desks at most schools in the region. She says many pupils are either making use of broken desks and chairs or sitting on the floor. Eises says at the moment the directorate is in […]
The University of Namibia (Unam) on Tuesday announced a possible delay in staff salary payments for May. Unam spokesperson Simon Namesho said this was done as a precautionary measure. Unam staff members are normally paid on the 15th of each month. The university’s pro-vice chancellor of administration and finance, Ellen Namhila, on Tuesday announced the […]
Timber smuggling, estimated to be worth $23m (£18m) a year, from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund a brutal Islamist insurgency as well as a large criminal network in the north of the southern African country. This illicit trade in rosewood is linked to the financing of Mozambique’s violent militants with links […]
For years, Western spy agencies have talked of a need to pivot to focus on China. This week, the head of the UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency described it as an “epoch-defining challenge”. It follows a series of arrests across the West of people accused of spying and hacking for China. They are a sign of […]