Opponents also label Canadian oil and gas company’s announcement of working petroleum system in Namibia as premature
The court’s judgment not to allow a father to bring his children home is a travesty
Namibians celebrated when the southern African nation gained independence on 21 March 1990. Henning Melber explains why Namibians are not in a festive mood as they mark 31 years of freedom
All people living in Southern Africa need equitable vaccine access. Time is short and our people are dying, so the regional body should act fast
Thirty-four bishops and three archbishops decry exploratory drilling as a ‘sin’ against the Earth
The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the outcome, regardless of numbers
The South African Revenue Services didn’t gazette the EU quota rates for about month, with no reasons given – and then suddenly published them
Civil society groups have called on Namibia’s agriculture, water and forestry minister to immediately stop a Canadian company from prospecting
Twenty land borders have reopened after a month’s closure prompted by congestions that raised concerns about the spread of the virus.
San leaders decry Canadian “climate-wrecking” oil and gas project in Namibia, Botswana
On 27 January, the world remembers the victims of the Holocaust, but it is also worth remembering the victims of Germany’s other, earlier genocide in Namibia. A rare book, commissioned by Britain in the early 1900s, stands as a record of the crimes against the Herero and the Nama
The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate
In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions
The Botswana Defence Force’s anti-poaching unit has long been accused of a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. Over 20 years the unit has killed 30 Namibians and 22 Zimbabweans
There are a number of factors — a pollutant, virus or bacteria or malnutrition — that may have caused the 12 000 deaths on Namibia’s coast.
It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration
Threats of funding cuts has caused a reduction in reproductive and sexual health services
Women photographers, and black African women photographers in particular, are largely absent from early histories of the medium. This is slowly changing
Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?
Pick your battles. Be careful who you sleep with. And learn to accept defeat
Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia
The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk
‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’
The minister of international relations took the precaution after allegations that an employee had tested positive for the virus
Several countries, including Kenya and Senegal, have ordered their tertiary education institutions to shut down in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus
The world needs a new deal to protect its natural environment
The story of Johannes Stefansson, who helped to pay massive bribes in Namibia – and survived death threats from Cape gangsters, and a poisoning attempt, to blow the whistle
An asset manager, VBS Mutual Bank and a Namibian bank have put the retirement funds of 26 000 municipal workers in South Africa at risk
Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,” World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said […]
The corrupt enrichment of the political elite and worsening socioeconomic conditions may mean the working class is ready to rise up
The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal
Liberation movements attracted more than half of the popular vote in their most recent parliamentary elections in many African countries