The long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse are devastating and carry long-term psychological effects such as depression and self-neglect. Victims of sexual violence have thus been encouraged to speak out and seek help before harming themselves. Gobasen |Uiras, a 24-year-old sexual violence survivor, describes it as a “grooming phase.” Gobasen first suffered molestation at the...
Nearly 1,500 people have been killed and another 66,000 have had their lives upended by a series of powerful earthquakes that have rocked Afghanistan’s Herat Province since 7 October 2023. With more on the UN’s response is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’s deputy head in Kabul, Katherine Carey. https://futuremedia.com.na/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ENG-Katherine-Carey-earthquake.mp3 Source...
Staff Reporter WINDHOEK, Oct. 6 — A fire erupted in the early hours of Wednesday morning at the senior girls’ hostel within the premises of Ella Du Plessis Secondary School in Windhoek. The devastating blaze resulted in the complete destruction of an entire hostel block, leaving the hostel matron in a state of distress. The...
