UNAM Law students clinch Moot Court competition

The University of Namibia (UNAM), recently participated in the regional moot court competition held in Gaborone, Botswana, where two students from the Faculty of Law walked away with top honours. A total... Read more »

Parkies Primary pupils pray for rain

Time stopped on a hot Thursday morning in Pioneers Park, Windhoek, as the pupils of Parkies Primary School lifted their arms in the air and prayed for rain. It rained two days... Read more »

Lecturer presents paper at Tanzanian Conference on Distance Education

Ms Helena Amadhila from the Department of Lifelong Learning and Community Education, presented a paper titled “Reaching the knot in education, employment and training (NEET) generation through blended TVET: Case study of... Read more »

Prudential donates sponsorship worth N$106 000 to students

UNAM students, Fahil Yoleni Haufiku and Helena Nafuka, were awarded bursaries from Prudential Portfolio Managers of Namibia (Pty) Ltd. Mr Ben Bertolini, the Managing Director of Prudential, during his keynote address made... Read more »

UNAM bestows first honorary doctorate in literature

For the first time in the annals of UNAM’s history, a second graduation ceremony took place, in which 255 students graduated at what has been dubbed the “spring graduation”. Many qualifications were... Read more »

Debmarine – Namdeb Foundation boosts e-Learning Lab with tech worth N$ 440 000

Swelling student numbers in UNAM’s second largest faculty- the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently benefited from a notable sponsorship by the Debmarine – Namdeb Foundation. The more than 700 UNAM... Read more »

Student ‘goes into labour’ at Career Fair

A loud cry of an expecting young girl echoed through the hall, as she paced around looking for a spot to calm the excruciating labour pain. The 19-year-old first-year student gave birth... Read more »

Education experts assist Police Force with materials development

The Namibian Police Force had 80 of its finest members undergo a Materials Development Training programme, assisted by consultants from the University of Namibia, via the University’s Central Consultancy Bureau. The roughly,... Read more »

Cancer Association of Namibia provides screening on Campus

A group of second year Social Work students at the University of Namibia (UNAM), together with the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN), offered breast cancer and pap smear screening at the Main... Read more »

NBS faculty named PRL Fellow for Case Writing

August 2019 Katrina Simon-Agolory, a lecturer at Namibia Business School, has been named a 2019 Paul R. Lawrence Fellow by the Case Research Foundation. According to Anne T Lawrence, Chair of the... Read more »

San Chief delivers candid speech at UNAM Cultural Festival

Dancing, feasting and a rich variety of cultural display in the form of attire, ornaments and artefacts were the norm at this year’s UNAM Cultural Festival, themed “Culture, our way of life”.... Read more »

Linguistics Professor elected to lead two Associations

A leading UNAM Professor was recently elected as President of two associations following their respective annual general meetings. Associate Professor Herman Beyer, teaches Afrikaans linguistics in the Department of Language and Literature... Read more »