No language is superior to another: Steenkamp

NAMPA

2025-04-22

WINDHOEK, 22 April 2025- The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts & Culture, Sanet Steenkamp addressing disgruntled parents of Auas Primary School over the alleged removal of one of the Khoekhoegowab language class at the school. (Photo: Lydia Pitiri) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 22 APR (NAMPA) – Minister of Education, Sanet Steenkamp on Tuesday stated there will never be any deliberate attempts to suppress a language in Namibia and emphasised that no language is superior to another.
Steenkamp said this while addressing concerns regarding the alleged removal of a Khoekhoegowab language class and the introduction of an Oshikwanyama language class at Auas Primary School in Windhoek.
The minister’s remarks followed...

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