Namibians are urged to be torchbearers of the country's heritage in their everyday lives. 

Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said the government has put priority on vocational education, with a focus on transforming the sector from a supply-driven approach to a demand-driven one and ensuring that it responds to current and future skills needs.

The Zambezi Region on Monday joined the rest of the country in launching Namibian Heritage Week, running from the 15th to the 19th of September.

Heritage Week provides an opportunity for all Namibians to celebrate the country's natural and cultural heritage.

Late music star and Namibian reggae icon, Ras Sheehama, always used his music to convey messages of love and to protest social conditions, leaving consumers of his music with food for thought.

Two Namibian films have been selected to feature in this year's European Film Festival.

Snear and The B2 Passage will be screened alongside nine European films at the 5th edition of the Namibia European Film Festival. 

The festival runs from 3 September to 29 October. 

 Indigenous languages are a vital tool for restoring dignity and strengthening resilience among genocide-affected communities.

 Poet and linguistics enthusiast Nesindano Namises said this during a public dialogue on Trilogy to the Future-Restoration and Resilience in Windhoek on Friday.

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture said it is committed to ensuring that Namibian institutions of higher learning do more than teach but transform.

Close to 40 children aged between seven and 13 years are currently participating in a two-day creative arts and culture training workshop at the Okahao Arts Centre in the Omusati Region.

The International Charity Day Bazaar, hosted by the Association of Diplomatic Spouses in Namibia, took place on Saturday in the capital. Held at Windhoek International School under the theme “Education – Back to Basics,” the event brought together around 70 embassies, high commissions, and global organizations.

Founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma's legacy should be kept alive through storytelling and the preservation of culture.

These sentiments were shared by two veterans of the local creative industry during the Founding President's remembrance interviews with the nbc.