Namibia National Students Organisation
{{Short description|Namibian students organisation}}
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| abbreviation = NANSO
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| formation = {{start date and age|1984|06|02}}
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| founding_location = Windhoek
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| type = Student Movement
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| headquarters = Windhoek, Namibia
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| services = Representing Namibian students
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Dorthea Nangolo
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2 = Philipus Hamunyela
| leader_title3 = Secretary General
| leader_name3 = Secilia Ambunda
| leader_title4 = Deputy Secretary
General: Recruitment and Mobilization
| leader_name4 = Donna Gamatham
| leader_title5 = Deputy Secretary General: Administration
| leader_name5 = Vacant
| leader_title6 = Secretary for Finance
| leader_name6 = Epafras Tunomwaameni
| leader_title7 = Secretary for Communication, Information and Technology
| leader_name7 = Jessy Abraham
| leader_title8 = Secretary for Legal Affairs
| leader_name8 = Jaden Ashipala
| leader_title9 = Secretary for Gender, Disability, Marginalized Communities and Social Welfare
| leader_name9 = Nondumiso Ngwenya
| leader_title10 = Secretary for Tertiary Education
| leader_name10 = Junias Haufiku
| leader_title11 = Secretary for Technical and Vocational Education
| leader_name11 = Titus Amweenye
| leader_title12 = Secretary for Basic and Secondary Education
| leader_name12 = Lavinia Leonard
| leader_title13 = Secretary for Sports and Culture
| leader_name13 = Salomo Kambanda
| leader_title14 = Alternate Member
| leader_name14 = Javellin Nehoya
| leader_title15 = Alternate Member
| leader_name15 = Walter Kamunoko
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The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) is a national student organisation in Namibia. It was founded on 2 June 1984 in Döbra, about {{Convert|25|km}} north of the capital Windhoek.{{Cite news | title=The student uprising that changed the course of history | last=Nunuhe | first=Margreth | newspaper=Southern Times | date=9 July 2018 | url=https://southerntimesafrica.com/site/news/the-student-uprising-that-changed-the-course-of-history}} NANSO is a member of the All-Africa Students Union.{{Cite web |title=UNITED NATIONS WORLD YOUTH AWARDS GIVEN TO AFRICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases |url=https://press.un.org/en/2000/20000410.dev2241.doc.html |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=press.un.org}}
Student Representation
NANSO has been representing Namibian students nationally since its inception in 1984. In 2016, the student organisation organised protests by Namibian students to demand free registration fees at the country's two major universities.https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/9860/nanso-to-continue-campaigning-against-education-injustice/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221420/https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/9860/nanso-to-continue-campaigning-against-education-injustice/ |date=2018-09-07 }} NANSO to continue campaigning against education injustice
