Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Emma Kantema, says the ministry has identified the need to undertake a regional study to determine the number of children who are living and working on the streets in this financial year.
Groups of children, believed to have come from Angola, continue to increase by the day as more children join the ranks.
The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture says it has not received any official reports from schools about an alleged online game said to encourage learners to engage in sexual activities.
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare said the situation of Angolan kids as young as four years old on the streets is a case the government regards as urgent.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECW) says violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children remain the biggest challenges facing Namibia's children.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wants greater investment in children, stronger protection of their rights and universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene as Namibia commemorates the Day of the African Child and the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising.
Namibia has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating violence against children, ensuring that every child grows up in a safe, protected, and supportive environment.
More than a hundred vulnerable babies have been given a second chance at life through the work of the Rauch Elohim Foundation, a child protection organisation dedicated to preventing baby dumping and caring for abandoned and abused children.
The One Economy Foundation held its annual Media Awards yesterday in the capital.
The awards recognise journalists and media practitioners whose reporting focuses on issues such as gender-based violence, femicide, sexual and reproductive rights, mental health, and child protection.
Polio vaccination is not compulsory in Namibia, and no child should be immunised without parental or guardian consent, Health and Social Services Minister Dr. Esperance Luvindao assured the National Assembly this week.
