The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture passed a directive dated 25 February 2022, for schools to nullify any school rule that force learners to shave their heads in uniformity or banishes learners from school due to hairstyles.
Year: 2022
Opinion – Selfishly serving the nation in education
In his inaugural speech address to the American nation on 20 January 1961, the young president-elect, John F. Kennedy, and the thirty-fifth president of the United States of America, ushered a usual quoted statement by many scholars and politicians alike.
Junior defence staff graduate
Twenty-six student officers from the defence ministry graduated on Thursday after they completed their Diploma in Military Science (Junior Staff Course) level 6 at the Namibia Command and Staff College in Okahandja.
Japan aids Unicef with N$24m for vaccines
The Japanese government last week committed a financial contribution of N$24 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund, with a particular focus on ensuring the delivery of safe and timely vaccines to all Namibians.
Discrimination complaints inundate disability affairs
People with disabilities face an array of challenges traversing daily obstacles but also have to overcome discrimination on multiple levels. Government now regularly receive complaints and requests to intervene.
Beyond Me Bootcamp empowers youth
Deputy minister of youth Emma Kantema-Gaomas says for youth to be change actors, they need to be supported and capacitated.
Late quota auction costs government millions
The late auction of governmental objective quotas came back to bite as the government is set to lose out on millions of dollars in revenue during this year’s auction, especially for horse mackerel.
Namibian students recount Ukraine shock and horror…psychosocial support on standby
After going through gruesome treatment and hurdles trying to flee from Ukraine, Namibian medical students Casey Chimhangwa and Eino Kamukwanyama were the first to safely arrive in the country.
Woman allegedly kills 10-day-old daughter
A Katutura family is numb with disbelief after the alleged killing of a 10-day-old baby girl and the attempted murder of a seven-year-old deaf boy at the hands of their mother.
Murder for hire convicts get life sentences
High Court Judge Johanna Salionga on Friday meted out the harshest punishment the Namibian Constitution permits when she sentenced three people convicted of murder to life imprisonment.









