Best practices for greater access

Best practices for greater access

BY JANE MUNGABWA – “We (Namibia) have the chance of learning from the experiences of others”, was the view of the ACTION Coalition Chairperson, Frederico Links, with regard to the access to information framework in Namibia.   Links expressed this opinion...
Working together for better access

Working together for better access

BY JANE MUNGABWA – “There is a need for creating an environment to facilitate the implementation of an Access to information law prior to its implementation”, these were the sentiments of ICT minister Stanley Simataa, during a courtesy visit by a delegation from...
The rise of the Namibian surveillance state (Part III)

The rise of the Namibian surveillance state (Part III)

BY FREDERICO LINKS – The evidence that Namibian intelligence and state security forces are stockpiling and deploying sophisticated communications interception and surveillance technologies continues to grow, even as the lawfulness of such practices remains...
Celebration or conservation?

Celebration or conservation?

BY VIDA DE VOSS  – The neologism ‘unbirthday’ was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass. Given its logic, I think it is fair to argue that every day not focused on women’s issues is a day on which women are implicitly not acknowledged. Instead,...