Oshakati collects over N$1m for totem expo

At a fundraising event held at the weekend, the Oshakati Town Council collected over N$1 million to host this year's totem expo.The totem expo is expected to take place from 25 May to 5 June and is held under the theme 'Strengthening ties through culture'.The top three pledges were made by Standard Bank who committed a whopping N$150 000 while Sahala Investment pledged N$100 000. In third, the Fysal Group of companies and Rani Trading both pledged N$50 000.The event was graced with the presence of newly appointed presidential affairs minister Martin Andjaba who stood in for Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba and delivered his keynote address.According to Mbumba, culture plays a big role in terms of fighting social evils and people who are culturally grounded can confidently define their identity.“Those without a solid cultural education and communal support system seem to lack physiological and emotional confidence and are therefore easily swayed into many socially aberrant behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse, passion killings, prostitution, crime and many similar ills,” Mbumba said.He added with unchecked modernity comes disempowerment and alienation from one's cultural roots.“We should not remove culture from the modernisation process but by allowing the progressive elements within these two complex socialisation modes, culture and modernity can co-exist.”KENYA KAMBOWE

Oshakati collects over N$1m for totem expo

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Namibian Sun 2025-06-18

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Oshakati collects over N$1m for totem expo

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