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Hertta-Maria Amutenja Oshana governor Hofni Iipinge has highlighted ongoing challenges facing the region's education and youth sectors, including underdeveloped infrastructure, staff shortages, and high levels of youth unemployment. He made the remarks on Monday during the opening of a stakeholder consultative workshop hosted by the parliamentary standing committee on education, youth, civic relations and community development in Oshakati. “We acknowledge the challenges faced by many of our education and training institutions, from infrastructure development and staffing constraints to youth unemployment and limited access to skills development opportunities,” Iipinge said. He noted that more than one-third of Namibia’s population consists of…

Allexer Namundjembo  A recent review by Palms for Life Namibia has found that the use of Ju/’hoansi as a medium of instruction in early primary education remains extremely limited. This is despite national policy requiring mother-tongue instruction from pre-primary to grade 3. Ju/’hoansi is spoken by a group of Khoisan-speaking people residing in northeastern Namibia and northwestern Botswana. The review, conducted in May 2025, assessed 14 schools identified by the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) in the Tsumkwe and Otjinene areas of the Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions.  While grade 4 is meant to serve as a transition to English,…

Allexer Namundjembo  Rössing Uranium has signed an updated Recognition and Procedural Agreement (RPA) with the Mine Workers Union of Namibia (MUN)—Rössing Branch Executive Committee.  This marks the first full review of the agreement since before Namibia’s independence, highlighting the company’s efforts to align labour relations with current laws and practices. The process followed the Labour Act, 2007 (Act No. 11 of 2007), specifically Sections 67 to 69, which deal with trade union recognition and procedural agreements.  Section 2(b) of the Act, which promotes sound labour relations as a base for economic growth, social justice, and industrial peace, also guided the…

Staff Writer  The Capricorn Foundation has donated N$300 000 to the Response Action Based Organisation (RABO),  which responds to cases of gender-based violence (GBV), suicide attempts, child abuse, and neglect. As a first responder, RABO  helps transport victims to hospitals, police stations, or social workers and refers them for long-term support. The head of the Capricorn Foundation, Veripura Muukua, said the Foundation supports RABO through its vulnerability focus area. “As part of its vulnerability focus area, the Capricorn Foundation is a long-term partner of the Response Action Based Organisation. We are proud of our partnership with RABO and that, through…