Samuel Shinedima NAMIBIA’s Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment on the inhumane treatment of inmates under the Correctional Service Act 9 of 2012, following a cross-appeal by American murder accused Kevin Townsend and ex-magistrate rape accused Jaco Kennedy. Lawyer Inno Katjipuka-Sibolile of Nixon Markus public law offices, who represented Townsend, challenged, among other things, the...
Lylie Happiness Windhoek, 18 July 2023 – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, delivered yesterday her welcoming remarks yesterday at the Amani Africa Inaugural meeting of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Africa and the Reform of the Multilateral System. She emphasized the crucial nature of multilateral system reform...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Nandi-Ndaitwah said Africa’s resources contribute enormously to global development, yet Africa is negatively perceived as a mere supplier of raw materials and incapable of adding value to or developing them. Nandi-Ndaitwah made this statement on Monday during the two-day inaugural meeting of the high-level panel...
The think-tank Amani Africa, together with the Namibian government, have initiated a two-day high-level meeting on Africa for the reform of the multilateral system in the changing global order. This consultation meeting will reflect on a number of strategic-level matters in relation to the reform of the multilateral systems in Africa. Speaking at the official...
The Institute for Public Policy Research’s latest Quarterly Economic Review says that, while Parliament finally seemed to rouse itself on the issue of legislation required to avoid being grey listed by the Financial Action Task Force, the second quarter of the year contained little in the way of new policy developments in the country. The review includes...
In a bid to tackle the pressing issue of food insecurity in Namibia, National Assembly MP Dr. Tangeni Iijambo has brought forth a notice, urging the Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform to explain the skewed land policies and to outline the top five priority water and land reform policies for implementation. Dr. Iijambo...
