The Augustineum Secondary School, established in 1866, is among the oldest schools in
Namibia.
Originally situated in
Otjimbingwe, it was relocated to
Okahandja in 1890, and finally to
Windhoek in 1968. Previously also known as the Augustineum Training College and today the Augustineum Secondary School, it is a public school located in
Khomasdal, a suburb of Windhoek.
History
Missionary
Carl Hugo Hahn
Carl Hugo Hahn (1818–1895) was a Baltic German missionary and linguist who worked in South Africa and South-West Africa for most of his life. Together with Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt, he set up the first Rhenish mission station to the Here ...
established the Augustineum as a
seminary and teacher training college in
Otjimbingwe in 1866. The name was chosen from
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Af ...
, "father of the church in Africa".
In 1890 the institution had 14 students and was led by missionary
Gottlieb Viehe. In this year it was moved from Otjimbingwe to Okahandja.
December 1959 saw a student uprising at Augustineum, caused by the
Old Location Uprising in Windhoek.
Hidipo Hamutenya was a notable participant.
In 1968 the Augustineum was shifted to Windhoek.
Current state
In 2013 the Augustineum was the sixth worst performing school in the country.
Alumni
The school has produced many notable professionals:
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Faustina Caley
Faustina Namutenya Caley (born 17 November 1956) is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Caley joined parliament in 2015 and was appointed deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture in 2020.
Early life and professional career
Fau ...
, deputy
Minister of Education, Arts and Culture (class of 1978)
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, king of the
Damara people and opposition politician
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Hage Geingob, President of Namibia and former Prime Minister (1990-2002)
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Theo-Ben Gurirab, Second Prime Minister of Namibia (2002-2005). Former president of the
United Nations General Assembly (1999-2000) and speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia (2005-2015)
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Hidipo Hamutenya, former leader of the opposition party
Rally for Democracy and Progress
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Muesee Kazapua Muesee Kazapua (born 1980) is a SWAPO politician based in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. He was the mayor of Windhoek from 2014 to 2019.
Kazapua attended Windhoek's Augustineum Secondary School and holds tertiary degrees in Youth Development, ...
, since 2014
mayor of Windhoek
The city of Windhoek, capital of South West Africa, then Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt Karl Bruno von François, an Imperial German Colonial Official in the ''Schutztruppe'', to serve as capital of German South West A ...
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Peter Katjavivi
Peter Hitjitevi Katjavivi (born 12 May 1941) is a Namibian politician who is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia since March 2015 and the chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology from 1992 to 2003. Previously he ...
, speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia
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Panduleni Itula, Namibian dentist and opposition politician
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Rosa Namises
Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises (born 1958), nicknamed the " Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician, human-rights activist and chief of a faction of the ǀKhomanin, a clan of the Damara people. She is a former member of Parlia ...
, human rights activist and former parliamentarian for the
Congress of Democrats (1999-2005 and 2009-2010)
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Mose Penaani Tjitendero (1943–2006), former Deputy Prime Minister and first Speaker of Parliament, National Hero of Namibia
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* Tjama Tjivikua, former Rector of the ]Namibia University of Science and Technology
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), formerly known as Polytechnic of Namibia, is a public university located in the city of Windhoek, Namibia. Andrew Niikondo is its acting vice-chancellor. NUST was headed by the founding ...
See also
* Education in Namibia
Education in Namibia is compulsory for 10 years between the ages of 6 and 16. ''This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain. There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately owned. Nami ...
* List of schools in Namibia
References
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Schools in Windhoek
Boarding schools in Namibia
Okahandja
Otjimbingwe
Educational institutions established in 1866
1866 establishments in South West Africa