Observer – Page 644 – Windhoek Observer

09 Mar

Age limitation in education against human rights

ObserverUncategorisedAge limitation in education against human rights, Duminga Ndala, NSSAC and NSSCO, Utaara Mootu

Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement Member of Parliament, Utaara Mootu has condemned the announcement by the Ministry of Education that learners older than 21 years and who have completed their Namibia Senior Secondary Advance Certificate and the Senior Secondary Ordinary Certificate through Namcol cannot return to full time schooling. However, all learners younger than 21 years will be granted a second opportunity to return to class and take on their AS level. Mootu said this is the promotion of inequality in the education system and goes against freedom of education regardless of age. She said this today via a…

09 Mar

Sex Offender Register not to be rushed

ObserverUncategorisedChief Public Relations Officer Simon Idipo, Minister of Justice Yvonne Dausab, Sex Offender Register not to be rushed

Tujoromajo Kasuto MINISTRY of Justice, Chief Public Relations Officer Simon Idipo says the introduction of the National Register for Sex Offenders in Namibia ought not to be rushed and a thorough examination be made before its implementation because of the implications of such a register would have on the wider society. The process of the introduction of the register was expected to be started this month, but Idipo said the process was delayed because of the ongoing consultations involving all stakeholders. The delays, he maintained included administrative processes to ensure that all is in place to get the system in…

09 Mar

Cooking oil price increases by 21.4 percent …. Fears of price hikes in more stables as war in Ukraine continues

ObserverUncategorisedCooking oil price increases by 21.4 percent, Simonis Storm Managing Director Bruce Hansen

Eba Kandovazu Simonis Storm Managing Director Bruce Hansen in a geopolitics report says that food prices in Namibia will continue to spike because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He says Ukraine is a major producer of agricultural products, particularly sunflower oil, which is one of the basic products used in the majority of households in Namibia. According to the stock broker, Namibia, as a result of the war can expect to see higher prices in bread, corn, baking flours, honey, beverages in aluminium cans, cheese, cooking oils and many other consumables. Ukraine also ranks first in Europe in terms of…

09 Mar

Venaani demands respect from State House …. Justifies not attending oil discovery briefing

ObserverUncategorisedMcHenry Venaani, Venaani demands respect from State House .... Justifies not attending oil discovery briefing

Eba Kandovazu POPULAR Democratic Movement President McHenry Venaani justified his absence from the briefing of political parties on the green hydrogen project and recent oil discovery in Namibia by President Hage Geingob, saying that State House blundered when it extended an invite to PDM, containing the details of another leader of an opposition party. According to Venaani, the invite was received by PDM on Monday around 11h00. Around 18h00, a State House representative reached out to him enquiring whether or not he would attend the meeting, which was held yesterday. "It was too short of a notice, we are the…

08 Mar

GBV a major impediment in liberating women

ObserverUncategorisedElma Dienda, GBV a major impediment in liberating women, The International Women’s Day

Martin Endjala The International Women’s Day, this year is commemorated under the theme 'Break the Bias', which calls on progressive forces to ensure that systemic biases that manifest themselves in different facets in society against women are broken down. The theme for this year will require everyone to reflect on biases and to defeat the stereotypes that hamper the advancement of women. Popular Democratic Movement MP, Elma Dienda said the Namibia should ensure that all forms of discrimination against women and girls are fought and done away with in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDGs). Deinda…

08 Mar

Suspended sentence for stealing IPhone

ObserverUncategorisedDenzel van Wyk, Johaness Kondjeleni, Linus Samunzala, Suspended sentence for stealing IPhone

Eba Kandovazu THE Windhoek Magistrate’s Court today sentenced a man to a suspended sentence of eight months for stealing a cellphone of a clerk at the court. The convict, Denzel van Wyk, 39, yesterday admitted guilt when he made his first court appearance on the theft case. Van Wyk reportedly stole Johaness Kondjeleni’s (court clerk) IPhone 13, worth N$19 000 last Thursday from his desk at the court and sold it for N$200. Van Wyk reportedly stole the phone from the desk when he saw that no one was in the office. Confessing to the crime, van Wyk stated that…

08 Mar

Ngatjizeko declared national hero, conferred state funeral

ObserverUncategorisedconferred state funeral, Internal Executive Committee of Swapo, Ngatjizeko declared national hero

Eba Kandovazu PRESIDENT Hage Geingo has conferred the honour of a state funeral on Immanuel Ngatjizeko, who passed away on Sunday, in a Windhoek hospital. A statement from the presidency said Ngatjizeko was conferred the honour of a national hero. Contacted for comment, Press Secretary Alfredo Hengari did not confirm whether or not Ngatjizeko would be buried at the Heroes Acre since he is declared a national hero. Geingob described the former Minister and Member of Parliament as a dedicated freedom fighter, an affable colleague and member of the Namibian Cabinet who served the people of Namibia with great passion,…

08 Mar

Admission of students from Ukraine to local universities not priority now – Itah Kandjii

ObserverUncategorisedAdmission of students from Ukraine to local universities not priority now - Itah Kandjii, ITAH Kandjii Murangi, John Haufiku, Murangi

Tujoromajo Kasuto ITAH Kandjii Murangi, the Minister of Higher Education, says the safe return of all students in Ukraine is currently the main priority for the ministry and not their admission to local universities. “The issue of placement within local universities is something we will settle once we are assured they are all out of danger,” Kandjii asserted. Murangi further says that they are glad for those who have arrived safely and they are also aware that there are quite a number of other students still abroad and trying to make their way home. Meanwhile University of Namibia (UNAM) spokesperson…

08 Mar

Part time legacy learners offered second opportunity for AS level

ObserverUncategorisedNSSCAS, NSSCO, Part time legacy learners offered second opportunity for AS level, Sanet Steenkamp

Martin Endjala The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture have announced that candidates who improved their marks through part-time tuition centers at NSSCO level and qualified to enter AS level for the first time on a full-time basis, will now be allowed to do so, provided they are 21 years or younger by 31 December 2022. The Executive Director of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp today confirmed this in a media statement. Full-time admission of part-time candidates to the Namibia senior secondary certificate advanced subsidiary (NSSCAS) and repetition for Namibia senior secondary certificate ordinary level (NSSCO)…

08 Mar

68 years for rapist “hostel father”

ObserverUncategorisedA FORMER hostel superintendent, Alfred Siboleka, Mervin Nguyapeua

Eba Kandovazu A FORMER hostel superintendent at a primary school in Otjiwarongo, Mervin Nguyapeua, was slapped with an effective 68 years in prison, for sodomising ten minor school boys, by High Court Judge. Alfred Siboleka. The 53 year-old Nguyapeua, who worked as a cleaner and cook at the school raped the children on separate incidences between 2013 and 2016. He was tried on 32 rape charges and 27 alternative charges of committing a sexual act with a child under the age of 16. He was regarded as the “hostel father” by the children. The victims and all minors, testified in-camera…