The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service (MSYNS) was a department of the Namibian government. It was established as Ministry of Youth and Sport in 1991 when sport was split off from the Ministry of Education. The first minister of education, culture and sport was Nahas Angula, serving from independence in 1990. The first minister of youth and sport was Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana.
MSYNS appointed, directed, and took advice from, the Namibia Sports Commission.
The ministry was dissolved in 2000; The youth portfolio was discontinued, and sports was added to the Ministry of Basic Education. In 2005 it was reestablished as Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture. Culture was again given back to the Ministry of Education in 2015, and the youth and sport ministry got its latest name. The ministry was again disestablished in 2025. The portfolio of national service was discontinued—Namibia never had a national service. Youth and sport were given to the education ministry. The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture is Sanet Steenkamp.
Ministers All youth and sport ministers in chronological order are:
# Picture Name Party Term start Term end Minister of Education, Culture and Sport 1 Nahas Angula 1943– SWAPO 1990 1991 Minister of Youth and Sport 2 Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana 1952– SWAPO 1991 1996 3 Richard Kabajani 1943–2007 SWAPO 1996 2000 Minister of Basic Education, Culture and Sport 4 John Mutorwa 1957– SWAPO 2000 2005 Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture John Mutorwa 1957– SWAPO 2005 2008 5 Willem Konjore 1945–2021 SWAPO 2008 2010 6 Kazenambo Kazenambo 1963–2021 SWAPO 2010 2012 7 Jerry Ekandjo 1947– SWAPO 2012 2015 Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service Jerry Ekandjo 1947– SWAPO 2015 2018 8 Erastus Uutoni 1961– SWAPO 2018 2020 9 Agnes Tjongarero 1946– SWAPO 2020 2025 Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture 10 Sanet Steenkamp 1972– SWAPO 2025
References
External links Official website Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service