Namibia

Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) joins the Namibian Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Namibia) by registering its strongest reputation of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) for the reported exclusion of certain media houses and, by extension, for wit

Namibia ranks among the top performers on the African continent in surveys measuring good governance on the basis of democracy and human rights criteria. In marked contrast, the country also holds the negative record of the longest serving political prisoners in the SADC region.

Recent reports in the media with regards to Namibia’s so-called ‘reluctance’ to sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) have elevated the issue to a level that once again necessitates public debate on the merits of such a step.

Two decades into independence, too little has changed for most Namibians in terms of their socio-economic realities. Their society remains stigmatised as the world’s most unequal in terms of income distribution. In contrast, a new species of ‘fat cats’ has thrived.