A teacher at Learning Right Kiddies Centre in Swakopmund is encouraging other pre-primary schools to develop a child’s cognitive skills by using practical methods. Kerby Nolan believes methods such as theater or music enable children to develop their reasoning skills.

The first phase of the rabies vaccination campaign in the two Kavango regions will start next week.

A military exercise, or war games, is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat. Currently a regional Joint Military exercise, the Blue Kunene SADC, is underway at Opuwo.

Polls opened early this morning for Angola’s parliamentary and presidential elections. Six have fielded candidates to take over the seat of outgoing President Eduardo dos Santos. Presidential candidates include MPLA’s Joao Lourenco and Isaias Samakuva of the main opposition party, UNITA.

For most Angolans, President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos is the only president they have ever known,having been in power since 1979. He is one of Africa’s longest leaders. But what legacy does he leave behind?