Namibia Can Improve Further On Open Budget Rankings – IPPR

Namibia Can Improve Further On Open Budget Rankings – IPPR

by | May 6, 2020 | News

NAMIBIA has improved its transparency score slightly on the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2019 moving from 50 points out of 100 in 2017 to 51 in the just-released survey. A score of 61 is considered the minimum threshold to foster an informed public debate on budgets. The...
Geingob urged to pass Info Law to prove transparency

Geingob urged to pass Info Law to prove transparency

by | Feb 11, 2019 | News

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...
Transparent governance starts with access to information

Transparent governance starts with access to information

by | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog

BY ZOE TITUS –   The struggle for transparent governance can’t be divorced from the social and political climate in Africa, where governments and political elites attempt to curb citizens’ access to information on critical issues, in violation of their...