‘Try to talk what I understand’ – Language as barrier to ATI
BY JANE MUNGABWA – “Information is available, but people are too ignorant to access it”, was the opinion of a young man who attended an access to information (ATI) workshop in Rundu. I think that it is deeper than that. Yes, information is readily available...
Apartheid information law not to be repealed
BY FREDERICO LINKS – In late November 2018 the minister of justice, Sacky Shanghala, tabled a bill in the National Assembly to have scores of colonial era laws still on Namibian statute books repealed. The Repeal of Obsolete Laws bill would scrap 144 laws and...
Political Perspective: (Good) activism should not be about insult
BY GWEN LISTER – Insult. How freely it is exchanged on social media, with no thought or consequence about the feelings of others. It is also disturbing that attempts to point out the dangers of destructive and discriminatory language online are often met with...
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