What a year it has been!

A big THANK-YOU to all our clients and partners in Education
for their continuous support.
We wish you all safe travel during this festive season and
a very happy and prosperous New Year!

NPH staff gift exchange

Namibia Publishing House has had a year to remember. It was a challenging 12 months, and a lot of changes happened in our midst, but all in all we look positively to the future.

We have had our annual gift exchange among staff. It is a young tradition, yet worth keeping, as all will admit. 

Gifts of alarm clocks for the always-late, wine and chocolates for those who love to indulge, or picture frames for the sentimental souls were exchanged, among many others.

This year we also had the pleasure of hosting our annual End of Year Function. It was a usual affair of good food enjoyed in good company!

NPH and Edumeds darlings at the Year End Function

Boys of NPH and Edumeds joining forces at the Year End Function

Approved by NIED Solid Foundations Materials from NPH for Junior Primary Well Received by Teachers!

NIED approved NPH materials for Junior Primary Phase

This was an incredibly busy month here at NPH as we have launched our approved by NIED Solid Fondations materials for the Junior Primary Phase in Oshakati earlier in the month. 

The materials in our Solid Foundations series are: 

• Solid Foundations Environmental Studies
• Solid Foundations Mathematics
• Solid Foundations Religious and Moral Education
• Solid Foundations Languages

Learner's Books for these materials are available in English, Oshindonga, Oshikwanyama, Rukwangali, Afrikaans, Thimbukushu and Setswana.

Our sales representatives have been travelling through their regions, visiting schools and talking to teachers about our new products, ever since.

Learners from Erundu Combined School performing a traditional dance at the launch

Teachers sampling NPH materials during the training at
Delta School in Windhoek

Now that the training for the Junior Primary Phase teachers has started in the Khoms Region, we have visited a few training centres to get the teachers acquainted with our new materials now available on the Government Catalogue.

Dedicated teachers at the Junior Primary Training in Delta School:

Award ceremony at Immanuel Ruiters Junior Primary, in Walvis Bay, Erongo Region

John with Paulus Benjamin,
an overall best learner at Immanuel Ruiters JP

NPH was recently invited to take part in the award ceremony at Immanuel Ruiters Junior Primary School. 

Our Senior Sales Representative, John Muyambango, was there to give an award to the overall best learner at the school, Paulus Benjamin.

The atmosphere was joyful and all learners were ready to celebrate their achievements this school year. 

NPH is glad to have been part of this event!

Immanuel Ruiters JP school choir

Staff members of Immanuel Ruiters JP

More School Visits in Erongo and Otjozondjupa Regions!

Our Senior Sales Representative, John Muyambango, has been very busy touring schools in Erongo and Otjozondjupa Regions this October. Among many, he visited Karibib Private School, where he updated staff members on NPH latest approved materials for the Junior Primary Phase. 

He stopped by at Okakarara Primary School to talk with teachers and and observe learners during class.

Grade 5 learners of  Okakarara Primary School

John presenting NPH materials to the
Junior Primary Staff of Karibib Private School

From there, he travelled to Otjiwarongo, where he met with teachers of Karundu Primary School and distributed our 2015 Calendars. 

What a busy trip that was! Well done, John! 

NPH sends a big THANK YOU to all the principals, teachers and other members of staff for being ever so welcoming and accommodating during our school visits!

John and  Karundu Primary School staff with NPH Calendars for 2015

October Promo Tour through Omaheke

Mr Johan Maritz from Nosobville 
Primary School with special needs learners

John and Ms Lisa Tjariko from
Usiel Ngjavera Primary School

John Muyambango, NPH Senior Sales Representative, has just return from a promotional tour through Omaheke Region in the eastern Namibia, where he was promoting our new approved materials for Junior Primary level.

Among others, John met with Mr Johan Maritz from Nosobville PS, Ms Beukes from Gababis Project School and with Ms Lisa Tjeriko from Usiel Ndjavera Primary School. 

All textbook officers were impressed with the materials NPH has on offer for the School Year 2015. 

John with Ms Beukes 
from Gobabis Project School

We would like to thank all the schools for their warm welcome and hospitality.

Meanwhile, John Masatih, our Sales Representative in the Kavango Region, and Freddy Nafuka, NPH Publisher for African Languages, met with Senior Educational Officers for Rumanyo, Rukwangali and Thimbukushu - Ms Hildegard Shimafo, Ms Joanna Manuel, Ms Gerhalda Ndumba and Ms Petrina Kanyetu.

John and Freddy from NPH with Senior Educational Officers Ms Hildegard Shimafo, Ms Joanna Manuel and Ms Gerhalda Ndumba   

NPH Launches "South West Africa to Namibia - My Personal Struggle"

Last week, on Wednesday 1 October, Namibia Publishing House had the pleasure of launching a long-awaited book by Fousy Shinana-Kambombo titled South West Africa to Namibia - My Personal Struggle.

The launch took place at the fairly recently opened Independence Memorial Museum in Windhoek. It was a well-attended event, with Mr Goodman Gwasira as the Director of Ceremony and guest speakers such as Jeremy Silvester, Werner Thaniseb and Erica Ndalikokule, to name just a few.

South West Africa to Namibia – My Personal Struggle carries historical value for the younger generations with the hope that they understand the sacrifices made by their fathers and mothers who were forced to leave the country with little hope of ever returning. 

The book is an account of the events of the liberation struggle told from a point of view of a woman. At the same time, in the light of gender-based violence, inequality and all other social illnesses that trouble Namibia today, Fousy Shinana-Kambombo gives us a glimpse into her difficult life as a married woman in the independent Namibia.

NPH Publisher, Patrycja Chyla-Malima, with author
Fousy Shinana-Kambombo at the launch

South West Africa to Namibia – My Personal Struggle offers us an honest journey through a mind of a person as she recalls all she went through in her life. But it’s not all negative. Fousy is able to leave the bad behind and stay focused. She speaks with confidence and courage, qualities she pleads all women must have.

Although very personal and sad at times, this book is an encouragement to women to share their stories.

South West Africa to Namibia - My Personal Struggle is available for purchase at Namibia Publishing House, 19 Faraday Street, Windhoek.

Namibia Publishing House Welcomes a Delegation from Macmillan UK, USA and SA

It was a very short trip for our colleagues from the Macmillan Headquarters in London, New York and Johannesburg, but they made it! The small group of delegates arrived in Windhoek on Thursday morning and left for Johannesburg on Saturday.

Despite their short stay, all Namibia Publishing House staff had the pleasure to meet: Craig Bauer, Jane Carlin, Emma Bourne, Mandla Balisa, Brett Basel and Antra Medne.

The purpose of the visit was to familiarise NPH staff with the changes that took place within the Macmillan Group and to introduce new members of the Macmillan team that will be based in the region.

Group photo of NPH staff with delegates from Macmillan UK, USA and SA

We would like to thank our visitors for taking time off their schedules to make the trip to Namibia and meet us. It was a pleasure to have you here.