Mariental youth centre operating below capacity

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2026-03-04

MARIENTAL, 31 January 2025 - The entrance to the Mariental Youth Resource Centre in the Hardap Region. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

By Joe-chintha Garises
MARIENTAL, 04 MAR (NAMPA) – The Mariental Youth Resource Centre is operational but unable to function at full capacity due to staff shortages and inadequate infrastructure, its head, Ivan Pieters, has acknowledged.
Pieters told Nampa in an interview that the centre is supposed to have one senior youth officer and six youth officers, but currently operates with only one senior youth officer and one youth officer.
“This has r...

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