With less potato production in Namibia, the National Youth Service in Rietfontein is proud to produce and sell its first harvest of potatoes to the public.

Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has appealed to financial institutions to lower their loan requirements for start-up capital and collateral for technical skills graduates to set up businesses.
 

The National Youth Service (NYS) and Rundu Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) have joined forces to collaborate on sharing best practises, enhancing capacity, and refining professional skills.

The parties recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Rietfontein Training Centre.

The Minister of Sport, Youth, and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, has urged the new recruits of the National Youth Service at Henties Bay to embrace the training and gain skills to become self-dependent and thus contribute to the socio-economic development of the country.

The National Youth Service has reiterated that the organization did not withhold the guards' salaries deliberately as alleged.

This follows a demonstration by the NYS guards earlier this week demanding full salary payment.

The Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, says she is pleased with the National Youth Service programmes such as civic training, which she said instills discipline and cultivates a sense of volunteerism among the trainees.