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Interview: NANSO at 41: Redefining Radicalism for a New Generation

  KAVANGO EAST — Dorthea Nangolo, President of the National Students Organisation (NANSO), says this year’s 41st anniversary celebrations offered a critical moment for the student movement to reflect on its identity and mission four decades after its founding. Speaking at the weekend event in Kavango East, Nangolo explained that the theme, ‘Redefining Radicalism and Consciousness in Student Leadership’, was chosen to question whether radicalism today should look the same […]

today8 July, 2025

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INTERVIEW: NANSO Welcomes Free University Education as Historic Victory for Students

By Leonard Witbeen The announcement of free tertiary education has been met with overwhelming support from students across the country, with the National Students’ Organization of Namibia (NANSO) being one of the most vocal supporters. In a statement following the news, NANSO President Dorthea Nangolo expressed deep satisfaction, highlighting how this moment fulfills a longstanding generational mandate that the organization has worked towards for years. Nangolo emphasized that NANSO has […]

today25 April, 2025

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South Africa

Students on the frontline: South Africa and the US share a history of protest against white supremacy

    By Rico Devara Chapman, Jackson State University     Every year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the inferior “bantu education” system on that day in 1976. The horror of police shooting and killing unarmed children caused a global uproar. Historian Rico Devara Chapman’s research interests include a focus on the African diaspora’s historical and contemporary struggles for justice, particularly student […]

today17 June, 2024