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Mumbwenge Combined School is a school in the village of Ombalamumbwenge in the
Oshikoto Region Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto. Its capital is Omuthiya. Further major settlements in the region are Tsumeb, Otjikoto's capital until 2008, and Oniipa. , Oshikoto had 112,170 registered voters. Ge ...
of northern
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. It is situated from
Oshigambo Oshigambo is a settlement in the Oshikoto Region of northern Namibia. It is situated on the banks of Oshigambo River east of the Etosha pan The Etosha Pan is a large endorheic salt pan, forming part of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin in the north o ...
along the road between
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and
Ondangwa Ondangwa (earlier spelling ''Ondangua'') is a town in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, bordering the Oshikoto Region. It had a population of 30,364 people in 2023. Ondangwa was first established as a mission station of the Finnish Missi ...
. Witchcraft and superstition are common in rural northern Namibia. The school became known nationwide in 2005 when pupils claimed to see supernatural beings and started screaming and fainting during classes. On different days during the school term altogether 40 learners, most of them girls, fell in a trance-like state after being approached by "
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". Although the Namibian Ministry of Education issued a statement condemning the practice, villagers have engaged the Church, witchdoctors and traditional authorities to cleanse the school. The incidents had reportedly stopped a year later.


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Education in Namibia Education in Namibia is compulsory until the year a learner turns 18.https://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Basic%20Education%20Act%203%20of%202020.pdf There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately owned. Namibian s ...
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List of schools in Namibia , Namibia has 1,947 primary and secondary schools, up from 1,723 schools in 2013. These schools cater for a total of 822,574 pupils (2013: 24,660 teachers, 617,827 pupils). Most of the country experiences a shortage of schools, school hostels, a ...


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