No language is superior to another: Steenkamp

NAMPA

2025-04-22

WINDHOEK, 22 April 2025 - The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp addressing disgruntled parents of Auas Primary School over the alleged removal of one of the Khoekhoegowab language classes at the school. (Photo: Lydia Pitiri) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 22 APR (NAMPA) – Minister of Education, Sanet Steenkamp on Tuesday stated there will never be any deliberate attempts to suppress a language in Namibia and emphasised that no language is superior to another.
Steenkamp said this while addressing concerns regarding the alleged removal of a Khoekhoegowab language class and the introduction of an Oshikwanyama language class at Auas Primary School in Windhoek.
The minister’s remarks followed...

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