Our School

Today, Zambezi Private School has over 100 students from different nationalities and follows the National Curriculum of Namibia. It is the oldest private school in Katima Mulilo with a well-deserved reputation for delivering high quality education over the past 22 years. The school was established as a non-profit making organisation and originally founded by a small group of dedicated parents in 1999 to provide a Christian based, Afrikaans type education for children of nationals and expatriates living and working in Katima Mulilo. The premises were donated by a prominent, local business man, Mr Opperman and the first school board members and teachers were parents of the students attending the school. Over the years, as the community has changed and integrated, so has the school. We now serve from grade R-12 and the medium of instruction became English as 1st language and Afrikaans taught as a 2nd language. In 2017 an extra class was added to the existing buildings. In 2020 we added a container as “Tuck Shop” and the former Tuck Shop was converted into a classroom for the Grade 7s, and our small school play was revamped and a tarmac was constructed to facilitate the introduction of ball games like Basketball, Tennis and Volleyball. Zambezi Private School is still a small, unique boutique school with a setting in nature with a farm- feel, moving beyond the normal boundaries to ensure extraordinary education.