Youth Corner

African presidents must work closely with children to address key issues that may be affecting them, says Children’s Parliament of Namibia Health Committee chairperson Rivaldo Kavanga.

Fashion designer Selma Shapwa says entrepreneurs are dreamers and they dream big. Proof of this is the wide variety of designs she dreams up and then produces for her clients daily.

Poem by Ruben kapimbi

In spite of his great invention that allows people to make phone calls with neither a cellphone SIM card nor airtime, inventor Simon Petrus is still unemployed and bemoans the lack of interest from the government in his creation. 

Lecturers and students from Unam’s Khomasdal Campus recently visited the Monte Christo Primary Project School to show off the books they created and model the teaching skills they were taught.

Having realised the lack of reading material for children who come to the LifeLine/ChildLine Namibia centre for counselling, Unam final-year Social Work student at Denise Brandt took it upon herself to start a kiddies’ corner and library for them.

The Recycle Namibia Forum (RNF), a non-profit and membership-driven organisation, recently launched its new education campaign with the introduction of a mascot named Rubbish Ronnie. 

The International Training College - Lingua (ITCL) recently held a first-of-its-kind Business Networking Breakfast meeting under the theme ‘Stakeholder Engagement: Actions Leading to Smart Partnerships between Industry and Educational Institutions’.