Withdraw Land Bill and consult – NANGOF
The NANGOF Working Group on Land Reform issued the following statement today: CALL FOR WTHDRAWAL OF LAND BILL The NANGOF Working Group on Land Reform has noted with concern that the Minister of Land Reform, Hon. Uutoni Nujoma, tabled the Land Bill [B.19-2016] in the...
Access to comprehensive data sets needed for meaningful economic growth & transformation
If mentorships and business development partnerships are to work and SMEs to grow and flourish then much more and better data is needed Namibia has been sliding dramatically down global economic competitiveness rankings over the last decade or so and this trend is set...Addressing the command and control climate
Namibian authorities are the ones stoking a climate of mistrust and are chiefly responsible for the credibility gap that has long existed between the state and other sectors As this column has numerously and consistently been at pains to point out, the Namibian...
Suspicious #PhosphateMining decision has access to information implications
Stranger and stranger, and increasingly suspicious, have become the circumstances surrounding the awarding of an environmental clearance certificate to Namibia Marine Phosphates (NMP), by Environmental Commissioner Teofilius Nghitila, in September this year. The...
ACTION members formalise coalition
The founding members of ACTION coalition just met to sign a memorandum of understanding to formalise our campaign. This agreement won’t burden us with too much bureaucracy, but will give us some structure so that we can better do our work in broadening access to...
Make an informed choice – Sign the APAI Declaration
Women, men, and children need access to information on health care to make informed choices. The APAI Declaration acknowledges that access to information is instrumental to fostering access to education and healthcare, gender equality, children’s rights, a clean...
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