A 62-year-old resident of Windhoek's Goreangab area, Maripurua Kotjipari, has been left homeless after his shack burnt down.

Kotjipari was reading by candlelight at nine o'clock in the evening when he fell asleep.

A senior citizen, Anna Ndemuula, says there is a need for religious and moral education in schools.

Ndemula says nowadays' generation is out of hand, citing that the removal of Bible teaching in schools is one of the factors contributing to moral decay.