THE education ministry's permanent secretary, Sanet Steenkamp, yesterday said schools are not allowed to be shareholders in companies applying for fishing rights.
In an interview with The Namibian, Steenkamp said it has been brought to the ministry's attention that companies or individuals applying for fishing rights have approached schools, particularly "special schools for vulnerable communities", to list them as beneficiary shareholders on applications in order to be considered favourably by the fisheries ministry.
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