Besides, there are those unable to achieve the required grades to enter either of the country’s foremost institutions of higher learning - the University of Namibia (Unam) and the Polytechnic of Namibia. To make ends meet it appears students, especially female students, are forced into multiple relations or crudely put into prostitution. Being a pensioner’s child, with the mother deceased, she is forced to supplement the Government loan that only provides for tuition by courting male partners so that they make up for the loan shortfall. Not that acquiring a loan has been easy for her, as she claims she had to rub some N$1200 into the palm of an official at the loan office to enhance her chances of securing a loan. Managing daily taxi money to get to her lectures means she has nothing to eat most of the time, unless of course, her friend and classmates - not in her unenviable position - bring her something to eat. Read More