Vol 62 No 20 | BOTSWANANAMIBIA Probe into shootings of 'poachers' 7th October 2021 Botswana has formally registered an inquest through the courts to investigate the shootings of three Namibians and a Zambian by its army along a river border with Namibia...
Vol 62 No 12 | NAMIBIA Apology but no reparations 10th June 2021 Berlin's belated offer of compensation for colonial atrocities won’t end the matter and is proving politically divisive Germany has finally acknowledged that its colonial forces committed genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama and agreed to pay compensation, but these communities of central-eastern and southern Namibia...
Vol 62 No 12 | NAMIBIA Controversial delta drilling 10th June 2021 Canada's Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) is convinced it has hit paydirt in the Kavango basin of north-eastern Namibia/north-western Botswana, which extends under part of the watershed of the...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 11 | NAMIBIARWANDAGERMANYFRANCE Berlin offers $1.3billion to Namibia and Paris asks for forgiveness for involvement in genocides 1st June 2021 A week of performative diplomacy over genocides raises far more questions than it answers Far from drawing a line under Germany's genocide in Namibia between 1904-1908 and France's involvement in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the declarations by Berlin and Paris... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 24 | NAMIBIA SWAPO swept away 3rd December 2020 The electorate dealt a stunning blow to the ruling SWAPO Party in the 25 November municipal elections, costing it its majority in four of the country's 14 regions....
Vol 61 No 23 | BOTSWANANAMIBIA Shooting and fishing 19th November 2020 Relations between neighbours Botswana and Namibia have hit a new low following the shooting dead of four Namibians by the Botswana army along the Chobe river frontier on...
Vol 61 No 10 | NAMIBIA The governor's governor 14th May 2020 President Hage Geingob has courted unaccustomed controversy by appointing his friend, the politically connected businessman Johannes !Gawaxab, to fill the vacancy left by Ipumbu Shiimi as governor of...
Vol 61 No 7 | NAMIBIACOVID-19 Virus rattles SWAPO 2nd April 2020 Although the coronavirus pandemic has yet to affect Namibia seriously – as April began there were only 10 confirmed cases and no deaths – President Hage Geingob's government...
Vol 61 No 4 | NAMIBIA Itula has another go 20th February 2020 Namibia's Supreme Court in Windhoek may have refused on 5 February to order a rerun of last November's presidential election but opposition political parties are still claiming victory.
Vol 60 No 24 | NAMIBIA Hage's hubris 5th December 2019 The election outcome for SWAPO was even worse than expected. The writing is on the wall for the ruling party Everyone was expecting the electorate to deliver a snub to the ruling SWAPO Party in the 27 November general election – but not quite the loud slap that... READ FOR FREE