ACTION member, IPPR, calls for action against corruption!

ACTION member, IPPR, calls for action against corruption!

On 31 October 2003, the United Nations General Assembly designated December 9 as International Anti-Corruption Day to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in combating and preventing it. In Namibia,...
Access to Information Bill signed off

Access to Information Bill signed off

Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Engel Nawatiseb has revealed that Namibia’s legislation that will deal with access to information has been signed off and is currently with legal drafters to ensure provisions to be enshrined in the...
‘Swapo should abandon the idea of a cyber ministry’

‘Swapo should abandon the idea of a cyber ministry’

BY GWEN LISTER – I find myself hoping that what many optimistically call the new democratisation of Swapo, will help lead the party out of what I would term the struggle doldrums, the tendency to revert to the thinking of the ‘old days’. But I am...
Why the barrage of vitriol

Why the barrage of vitriol

BY FREDERICO LINKS – What is it that makes the Namibian head of state feel so under attack at all the times that he feels the need to use every major national platform to bash the media and civil society at length. It has now certainly become clear to many that...