Striking down secrecy, affirming the rule of law
BY FREDERICO LINKS – Governments and law enforcement and state security actors like their shrouds of secrecy and especially the one that is national security. On Friday, 12 April 2019, in Namibia at least, this shroud became a lot less protective. This was...
ACTION Namibia makes call for speedy passing of ATI law to Ombudsman
The draft Access to Information (ATI) bill, drawn up in 2016 after consultations between the Namibian government and civil society representatives, is yet to see the light of day. A delegation of civil society members, convened under the ACTION Coalition, today met...
‘Enough is enough! No work! No Vote!’ say Namibian youth
BY JANE MUNGABWA – As the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections are fast approaching, Namibian youth have taken to social media to express their disappointment about the negative impact that the current economic status has had on them. Due to the...
Geingob urged to pass Info Law to prove transparency
Namibia Media Trust’s strategic coordinator, Zoe Titus, says if president Hage Geingob wants to make an impact on transparency and the fight against corruption, he should pass the access to information law. Titus was reacting to Geingob’s applause of the...
ACTION Statement: SADC, AU must act to reverse deteriorating human rights situation in SADC region
It is with grave concern that the members of the ACTION Coalition in Namibia have been watching what has been unfolding in the human rights space, and more especially the freedom of expression and access to information space, in the Southern Africa Development...
New year, new hopes on ATI
BY FREDERICO LINKS – No doubt 2019 will be both a challenging and exciting year – challenging in that Namibia continues to face tough economic circumstances and exciting in that it’s an election year. But first, a brief review of 2018. ATI law promises not kep...
Namibian CSOs crippled by limited funding
BY JANE MUNGABWA – The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) this week launched the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Sustainability Index report, an attempt to evaluate the sustainability of CSOs in Namibia according to preset criteria. During the...
‘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...
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