Working together for better access

Working together for better access

by | Mar 16, 2018 | News

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 II)

The rise of the Namibian surveillance state (Part II)

by | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog

BY FREDERICO LINKS –     On 30 June 2015, the day he announced the appointment of Philemon Malima as director general of the Namibia Central Intelligence Service, President Hage Geingob stated to the media: “I will not allow anyone to spy on Namibians but they...
Tweya criticizes the IPPR Access Denied Report

Tweya criticizes the IPPR Access Denied Report

by | Feb 9, 2018 | News

BY EMILIA PAULUS  – THE former Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Tjekero Tweya, has heavily criticised the findings of IPPR’s Access Denied: Access to Information in Namibia, calling it “malicious and misleading”. Minister Tweya, who has...

Addressing the command and control climate

by | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog

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...