School year kicks off for nearly 900 000 learners this week

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2025-01-13
OMUTHIYA, 13 January 2024)– 896 311 learners are expected to start school on 13 January 2025. (Photo by Gabriel Tomas) NAMPA OMUTHIYA, 13 January 2024)– 896 311 learners are expected to start school on 13 January 2025. (Photo by Gabriel Tomas) NAMPA
OMUTHIYA, 13 JAN (NAMPA) – The new school year commences this week with an anticipated 896 311 learners from pre-school to Grade 12 filling up classrooms.
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture’s Executive Director, Sanet Steenkamp in an interview with Nampa on Monday said the 450 691 girls and 445 620 girls will be attending 2 036 schools countrywide.
“The ratio is 50.3 per cent to 49.7 per cent, meaning girls and boys have similar access...
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SWAKOPMUND, 13 March 2026 - Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi (m), Secretary-General for Transport, Communications and Opening-up Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierrot Nke Sana Moko (l) and Zambian Deputy High Commissioner to Namibia Lloyd Himaambo (r) photographed at the 14th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Walvis Bay–Ndola–Lubumbashi Development Corridor at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 13 March 2026 - Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi (m), Secretary-General for Transport, Communications and Opening-up Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierrot Nke Sana Moko (l) and Zambian Deputy High Commissioner to Namibia Lloyd Himaambo (r) photographed at the 14th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Walvis Bay–Ndola–Lubumbashi Development Corridor at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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KATIMA MULILO, 12 March 2026 - Commissioner-General of the Namibia Correctional Services (NCS), Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela.
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WINDHOEK, 13 MARCH 2026 - Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

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OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Otjiwarongo on Thursday afternon gathered to denounce and condemn the brutal murder of the late Petronella Sabatha who was killed at her house in Etambi location by an 18-year-old suspect at the town on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Otjiwarongo on Thursday afternon gathered to denounce and condemn the brutal murder of the late Petronella Sabatha who was killed at her house in Etambi location by an 18-year-old suspect at the town on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

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OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Otjiwarongo on Thursday afternon gathered to denounce and condemn the brutal murder of the late Petronella Sabatha who was killed at her house in Etambi location by an 18-year-old suspect at the town on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Otjiwarongo on Thursday afternon gathered to denounce and condemn the brutal murder of the late Petronella Sabatha who was killed at her house in Etambi location by an 18-year-old suspect at the town on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

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OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Otjiwarongo on Thursday gathered to denounce and condemn the brutal murder of the late Petronella Sabatha who was killed at her house in Etambi location by an 18-year-old suspect at the town on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Otjiwarongo on Thursday gathered to denounce and condemn the brutal murder of the late Petronella Sabatha who was killed at her house in Etambi location by an 18-year-old suspect at the town on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

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OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - A section of the Otjiwarongo ANIREP-HopSol solar plant. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - A section of the Otjiwarongo ANIREP-HopSol solar plant. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

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OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The official commissioning of the Otjiwarongo ANIREP-HopSol solar plant Thursday afternoon at the town. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 12 March 2026 - The official commissioning of the Otjiwarongo ANIREP-HopSol solar plant Thursday afternoon at the town. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

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