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Namibia National Students Organisation

Namibian students organisation

Namibia National Students Organisation
Summary

Namibian students organisation

FieldValue
nameNamibia National Students Organisation
abbreviationNANSO
formation
founding_locationWindhoek
extinction
typeStudent Movement
tax_id
registration_id
headquartersWindhoek, Namibia
coords
servicesRepresenting Namibian students
owner
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameDorthea Nangolo
leader_title2Vice President
leader_name2Philipus Hamunyela
leader_title3Secretary General
leader_name3Secilia Ambunda
website

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) is a national student organisation in Namibia. It was founded on 2 June 1984 in Döbra, about 25 km north of the capital Windhoek. NANSO is a member of the All-Africa Students Union.

Student Representation

NANSO has been representing Namibian students nationally since its inception in 1984. In 2016, the student organisation organised protests by Namibian students to demand free registration fees at the country's two major universities.

NANSO students sing protest songs in 1988

Notable former leaders

NamePosition Held
Ester Simon - Former President ( First Female President of NANSO)President 2017 - 2019
Meet Nanso President Wilhelem WilhelemPresident 2015 - 2017
Stanley Kavetu - Admitted high Court of Namibia legal practitionerVice President 2015 - 2017
Dimbulukeni Nauyoma - Co-Founder of the Affirmative RepositioningSecretary General 2015 - 2017
Herman Walter RutzSecretary for Secondary and Basic Education 2013-2015
Vincent Shimwitwikeni- Namibian academicSpokesperson
Helao NdjabaFormer Leader
Sharonice BuschSecretary General 2013 - 2015
Peya Mushelenga - current Namibian cabinet ministerSecretary General
Bernadus Swartbooi leader of the Landless People's MovementFormer Leader
Pohamba Shifeta - Current Namibian ministerFormer Leader
Joseph Diescho - Namibian ProfessorFormer Leader
Elia Kaulifewangali Irimari - Regional Governor of the Oshana RegionFormer leader

Notable members

  • Fransina Kahungu

References

References

  1. Nunuhe, Margreth. (9 July 2018). "The student uprising that changed the course of history". [[Southern Times]].
  2. "UNITED NATIONS WORLD YOUTH AWARDS GIVEN TO AFRICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases".
  3. https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/9860/nanso-to-continue-campaigning-against-education-injustice/ {{Webarchive. link. (2018-09-07 NANSO to continue campaigning against education injustice)
  4. "The Villager Newspaper Namibia".
  5. Reporter, New Era. (2018-07-16). "Nanso worried about challenges of rural learners".
  6. Meet Nanso President Wilhelem Wilhelem
  7. (July 2025). "Namibia National Students Organization v National Youth Council of Namibia and Others (A 169/2015) [2015] NAHCMD 201 (08 July 2015); {{!}} Namibia Legal Information Institute".
  8. "Nanso counters Govt on free tertiary education".
  9. www.omalaetiit.com, Omalaeti Technologies, Namibia. (December 2024). "Nanso warns of 2017 #VarsityLockDown".
  10. Reporter, New Era. (2014-07-02). "Erongo must take lead in free secondary education".
  11. Ndeyanale, Eliaser. "Nanso leader calls for ACC probe of top leadership - Windhoek Observer".
  12. e.V, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung. "Youth Perspectives on Harambee".
  13. "Nanso calls on students to assist with clearing of land".
  14. (July 2025). "Who is bail-worthy?".
  15. www.omalaetiit.com, Omalaeti Technologies, Namibia. "Geingob appoints Busch as Assistant in President's Office".
  16. "Peya Mushelenga: Student activist, politician (1975 …)".
  17. https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/12718/from-a-village-boy-to-a-minister-peya-mushelenga/ {{Webarchive. link. (2018-09-08 From a village-boy to a minister- Peya Mushelenga)
  18. "Governors - GRN Portal".
  19. Ashipala, Nuusita. (2019-03-15). "Namibia: Youth Euphoric Over Appointment of Irimari".
  20. malakia. "Oshana Region".
  21. (18 December 2019). "Fransina Kahungu: From classroom to mayor". [[New Era (Namibia).
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