Six former Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) lawmakers are taking their party, the Electoral Commission of Namibia and the National Assembly to court, demanding over N$1.5 million each. This comes after the former lawmakers argued they lost out on salaries, allowances and benefits had they been rightlfully sworn in as members of parliament at the start […]

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is on a regional tour conducting state visits to Botswana and Zambia. This is after she took her first state visit to Angola recently. To unpack the strategic significance of these visits, what they signal about Namibia’s foreign policy direction, and how they may help cement regional integration and cooperation, we were […]

Residents in Outjo have bemoaned the lack of emergency responses in the town, especially in cases of hazardous fires. The municiplaity’s acting chief executive officer Jaco Labuschagne responds to these allegations.

Delays, disputes, and dysfunction—these are just some of the words increasingly associated with Namibia’s public procurement system. At the launch of the latest Procurement Tracker, Frederico Links from the Institute for Public Policy Research raised fresh concerns about the viability of a long-proposed Procurement Court. Meant to bring more transparency and faster resolution to procurement […]

Desert FM’s Sportschat discussed allegations of bias refereeing and match fixing now that the Debmarine Premiership is left with seven rounds of play. We spoke to football club owner Congo Hindjou on the matter.