Opinions

Jennifer Pogisho In an age where knowledge is power, the right to access information has taken centre stage in conversations about governance, democracy, and development. But is the growing emphasis on Access to Information (ATI) justified or is it just another buzzword? Far from being a new or trendy concept, the right to information is deeply rooted in international human rights law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) affirms it as “the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media.” Similarly, Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights reiterates the significance…

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro That the security workers are working under unbearable conditions is absolutely an understatement. Because in modern-day free and independent Namibia, which is enormously wanting in social and economic justice, security guards are among the wretched of the workers, if not the wretched themselves.  Subjugated to the uncaring and indifferent disregard and don’t care attitude of the unions, having been unrepresented by any unions for sometime, as well as the government, that has been grossly negligent and derelict in its duties in terms of the necessary legislation to guarantee, protect, enhance and promote their rights. Indeed it has seemed…

In early June, the #EndGBVNamibia campaign was launched. I could not attend as I was helping my family prepare to bury my beloved murdered cousin. Slain at the hands of her drunk 'boyfriend and father of her child. Sadly, our family was not the only one making preparations to bury their loved one who had perished at the hands of GBV (Gender Based Violence). Despite the many campaigns, I believe GBV will continue unabated in Namibia.  I'm not suggesting the campaigns are useless, but I think all our lives in Namibia have been impacted in some way by now. We…

PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) Abstract                           This article interrogates the Eurocentric hegemony embedded in memorializing the Herero and Nama genocide (1904–1908) as Southern Africa’s singular genocidal event. Drawing on Frantz Fanon’s dialectics of colonial violence and liberation, it argues for a pan-African historical consciousness that centers the interconnected suffering of marginalized groups—including the Ovambandja, San, Ovakwanyama, Lozi, Mbundja, Ndebele, Shona, Kalanga, Xhosa, Zulu including 8 million Congolese who were massacred by the Belgians.   By exposing the colonial logic of hierarchizing suffering, we call for a unified ethics of remembrance that rejects Western-defined exclusivity in justice. Introduction:…