{"id":386347,"date":"2025-11-27T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=386347"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:39:06","slug":"van-rooyen-urges-youth-to-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=386347","title":{"rendered":"VAN ROOYEN URGES YOUTH TO ACTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Graduation-25-Speech-SHORT-2-smaller.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Namibian youth are urged to shift their mindset and recognise that they live in an extraordinary country with extraordinary opportunities. Speaking at the 2025 Institute for Open Learning Graduation(IOL) Ceremony, the CEO of Trustco Group Holdings, Dr. Quinton van Rooyen, reminded the 538 graduates and dignitaries in attendance that Namibia is at a defining moment\u2014one that demands a renewed focus on seizing opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The edited version of Dr. van Rooyen\u2019s groundbreaking speech follows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Namibian youth are urged to shift their mindset and recognise that they live in an extraordinary country with extraordinary opportunities. Speaking at the 2025 Institute for Open Learning Graduation(IOL) Ceremony, the CEO of Trustco Group Holdings, Dr. Quinton van Rooyen, reminded the 538 graduates and dignitaries in attendance that Namibia is at a defining moment\u2014one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":386349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-trustco"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VAN ROOYEN URGES YOUTH TO ACTION - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Namibian youth are urged to shift their mindset and recognise that they live in an extraordinary country with extraordinary opportunities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=386347\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VAN ROOYEN URGES YOUTH TO ACTION - 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