Students Union of Namibia (SUN)

Amunime rejects SUN infighting claims

Amunime rejects SUN infighting claims

Stefanus Nashama Simon Amunimd, one of the founders of the Students Union of Namibia (SUN), a body that represents students at institutions of higher learning, yesterday said he left the organisation for new students to pick up from where he and other colleagues left off. He said those that are saying he left the student organisation because of disunity are not factually correct, adding that he just created room for new students. “I have graduated from student politics to other bigger responsibilities in society. Some are in the corporate environment and others in mainstream politics,” he said. Amunime said the…
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Youth leaders are fighting the wrong fight

The NSFAF announced some time ago that it plans to spend N$180 million to buy laptops needed by many students to access e-learning platforms. Student unions and youth political bodies claiming to speak for ‘the students’, object to this expenditure. These young leaders are fighting the wrong fight. The Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), the Students Union of Namibia (SUN), the National Africa Students Association, the Landless People's Movement Student Command and the Popular Democratic Movement Youth League have all condemned NSFAF's laptop purchase plan as unreasonable. We fail to see what is so unreasonable? E-learning is going to happen;…
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