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The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) is a national student organisation in
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. It was founded on 2 June 1984 in Döbra, about north of the capital Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...
.
Student Representation
NANSO has been representing Namibian students nationally since its inception in 1984. In 2016, the student organisation organised mass movements of Namibian students to demand free registration fees at the country's two major universities.
National executive committee
Notable former leaders
Regional Executive Committee (REC)
Notable Members
*Fransina Kahungu
Fransina Kahungu (born 1970) is a Namibian female politician serving as a City of Windhoek Councilor, where she previously served as Deputy Mayor of Windhoek in 2016 and 2017 and Mayor of Windhoek from 2019 to 2020.
Early life and career
Kah ...
See also
*Students Politics in Namibia
Student politics in Namibia encompasses the activities and culture among Namibian students, mostly from the tertiary level of education such as the University of Namibia, Namibia University of Science and Technology and the International Univers ...
*UNAM SRC
University of Namibia Student Representative Council (also known as the UNAM SRC) was founded on 20 February 1992, and is recognised as the legal representative body for the students of the University of Namibia by the University of Namibia Act 1 ...
*NUST SRC
NUST SRC is the legal student representative body of the Namibia University of Science and Technology students in Namibia. Based on Windhoek, it was formed in 1995 and represents 19 000 students of the university's student population.https://www.o ...
*NSFAF
Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) is a government student bursary and loan scheme which provides loans for undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education. It was formed in 1995 and is run under the Mini ...
*Students Union of Namibia
The Students Union of Namibia (SUN) is a students organisation in Namibia. It was formed in 2019 by a break-away faction of the Namibia National Students Organization (NANSO).
In 2019 NANSO members were involved in ideological differences over w ...
References
{{reflist Student organisations based in Namibia Education in Namibia Student organizations established in 1984 1984 establishments in South West Africa