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
Liberation movements attracted more than half of the popular vote in their most recent parliamentary elections in many African countries
The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal
Namibia votes in a general election on Wednesday. Here are the four frontrunners
An Absa index has put SA at top spot for the third year, although our overall score has fallen
Most people’s response is to flee or fight when faced with a problem, particularly an ongoing one, but in Southern Africa they work together
The 700km route takes in the Namib-Naukluft’s Kuiseb canyon where two German geologists hid during World War II to avoid internment
Losing birds in the Kalahari has a wider effect. Desert areas are critical to overall evolution in avian species, adding diversity to the species
With national sporting pride dented, the men’s soccer team have a chance to rekindle fans’ sporting ambitions when they take on Namibia
Armchair conservationists confuse the issue because they aren’t aware of its complexities
South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index
Finding weed in an Egyptian resort crawling with security men during a conference of African leaders is as difficult as parting the Red Sea
The Earth can restore its health but only if we decide to use smarter, more efficient systems