Author: Wonder Guchu
Curriculum: what has changed?
The junior primary phase is from Grade 1 to 3 The senior primary phase is from Grade 4 to 7 The primary phase has 5 promotional core subjects, a pre-vocational subject and 5 support subjects to lay the foundation for…
Esau discharged from Lady Pohamba, now in central prison
Fishrot scandal accused, former minister of fisheries Bernhard Esau is now at the Windhoek Correctional Facility after spending one week in the hospital. Khomas regional police commander commissioner Joseph Shikongo confirmed that Esau was given a clean bill of health…
West China Cement Buys 70% chunk in Ohorongo
West China Cement CEO Zhang Jimin Namibia’s cement sector is now in the hands of Chinese companies after the German Schwenk Zement entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with West China Cement on 3 Jan. 2020. The Ohorongo Cement…
Fake kwanzas, not Jack Huang’s – secretary
A secretary with businessman Jack Huang’s City of China in Viana district of Luanda, Angola, says the fake kwanzas found in a container on the premises belonged to a company called Tai Wan Food. Huang, who has Namibian citizenship, and…
Education allays fears over new curriculum
Deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka The education ministry has moved to allay fears that the new curriculum will send some pupils onto the streets. In audio recording in Eagle FM’s possession, both the deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka and the…
FNB housing index contract by 3,7% y-o-y
The FNB housing price index contracted by 3.7% year-on-year as of June 2019 compared to the 2% contraction experienced during the same period in 2018. The market and research manager at FNB Ruusa Nandago said the poor showing in the…
Officers thwart plans to smuggle drugs into prison
Prison officers have arrested two men who were trying to smuggle drugs into the Windhoek Correctional Facility in the past two weeks. One of the men has already appeared in court and was remanded in custody while the second…
Two children die after spending 3 days in the bush
//Karas police have released the names of the two children who died after they got lost for three days while travelling from Tses to Farm Gryholde on New Year’s Eve. Detective chief inspector Gesaias Hegoam said the two children were…
Next substantive education minister must be politically mature- Mahongora
Unionist Kavihuha Mahongora has stressed that whoever is going to take over at the ministry of education as a substantive minister should be politically mature and inclusive. Mahongora criticized the leadership style of the country’s previous two education ministers and…
Don’t read too much into Geingob’s cabinet promises – Action Coalition
Action Coalition’s Frederico Links has cautioned against taking seriously President Hage Geingob’s promises of a cut of the cabinet and ensuring a 50/50 gender parity. The call for a drastic reduction of the cabinet comes a long way, heralded as…