Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ZELTZER Steve
The state owned China National Uranium Corporation Limited (CNUC) has terminated the contracts of nine labor leaders in Namibia, when they had refused to accept concessions including healthcare benefits and bribes. In this video, Namibian labor lawyer Hewat Beukes talks about this classic union (…)
, by BECKER Heike
Namibia celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its independence from South Africa in March 2020, today the country is on fire. Heike Becker writes about the Namibian activists, students, working youth, and artists who have taken to the streets of Windhoek and other towns in the past few weeks. (…)
, by TJIRERA Ellison
When Windhoek was selected to host the Africities 2000 Summit, then-Mayor of Windhoek Immanuel Ngatjizeko positioned the city in terms of its “cleanliness” as an attribute setting Windhoek apart and a reputational jewel to be jealously guarded. Its status as the “cleanest city in Africa” was (…)
, by NGHITEVELEKWA Romie
Namibians are still waiting for redistributive justice
During the pre-independence, colonial apartheid era, Namibia was often cited as the world’s second-most unequal society, following its then-colonial ruler, South Africa. Socio-economic inequalities rooted in the political economy of (…)
, by VAN WYK Bayron
Despite the planned celebrations for the thirtieth anniversary of Namibian independence, we are reminded of the limitations of a postcolonial society. Namibia, plagued by colonial injustices in the form of poverty, unemployment, and income inequality, has witnessed a bitter struggle in the last (…)
, by BECKER Heike
Namibia turns 30 this year. The celebration of this milestone anniversary is an opportune moment to take a close look at the developments of Namibian society and politics since the exuberance of the country’s day of independence.
“At midnight of 21 March 1990, all across Namibia church bells (…)
, by BIG Coalition
(Article from 2015) Despite the various achievements made over the past 25 years, Namibia still faces one of the highest income inequalities in the world mainly due to the legacy of colonialism and apartheid. Structural injustices have remained and a large part of our population still lives in (…)
, by BIG Coalition
The proposal for a Basic Income Grant in Namibia was made in 2002 by the Namibian Tax Consortium (NAMTAX), a government appointed commission. The consortium made the proposal for a Basic Income Grant in light of the high poverty levels and the unequal distribution of income (income inequality) (…)
, by DELGADO Guillermo
Namibia is the least populated country in the planet, and yet one often hears among working class and increasingly middle class groups that one of the biggest challenges in the country is ‘the land issue’. Debates on the land issue after Namibia’s independence in 1990 revolved solely around (…)
, by DIERGAARDT Wilfred
In this press statement from 2014, Namibia’s Basic Income Grant (BIG) coalition of churches and CSOs explained the success of their pilot project in Otjivero and repeated the call of the three major Lutheran churches to implement a national BIG.
At the recent visit of the UN General (…)
Namibia has enjoyed a good reputation for its nature conservation, but there is evidence the illegal trade in wildlife products is taking off. In the remote Zambezi region of Southern Africa, where Namibia shares international borders with Angola, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, geography and (…)
Twitter
Facebook