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Namibia: Minister Launches Youth Week at Oshakati
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The Namibian (Windhoek)
23 April 2008
Posted to the web 23 April 2008
Oswald Shivute
Oshakati
THE first National Youth Week was launched by the Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Pohamba Shifeta, at Oshakati on Monday.
Youth Week will end on Sunday, and is being attended by youth representatives from all 13 regions.
Shifeta said April 27 would from now on be celebrated as Youth Day and Youth Week will become an annual event.
Shifeta said the National Youth Council Bill had been drafted and was ready to table in Parliament.
"This is something we as youth of Namibia have to be proud of, because our contributions, as youth organisations, accelerated the process " he said.
He called upon all Namibian youth to contribute to social and economic development.
Shifeta also called upon the youth to respect their elders and not to insult them, for example on radio talk shows.
"Please leave old people in peace.
Like our Founding Father, he has retired and needs to rest; he wants peace in his retirement days.
Why molest and disturb him in his retirement?" he said.
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At the same occasion, National Youth Council Secretary General Juliet Kavetuna, who is also a Member of Parliament, called upon all young people attending Youth Week to go for HIV testing this week.
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