Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Johannesburg)
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October 22
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Namibia: New Law Endangers Democracy [analysis]
No one could accuse Namibia's leading human rights institution, the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), of being sensationalist. So when it warns that the Namibian government is poised... Read more »
September 24
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Namibia: Spotlight On Indigenous Rights in Namibia [analysis]
The San are Namibia’s most marginalised and excluded people but for the next week they will, finally, be in the international spotlight – as the UN Special Rapporteur... Read more »
September 10
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Namibia: Adult Education in Namibia and Swaziland [opinion]
In 2011, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) conducted a research study in five countries - Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland - to draw an... Read more »
September 3
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Namibia: Major Boost for San Rights Campaign in Namibia [analysis]
The fight for the rights of the indigenous San people in Namibia has just received a major boost with the formation of the San Support Organisations' Association of Namibia... Read more »
August 28
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Namibia: Boost for Access to Information in Namibia [analysis]
The campaign for greater access to information in Namibia received a major boost last week with the hosting of a successful conference in Windhoek. Read more »
July 31
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Namibia: They Took My Choice Away
In a landmark judgment, the High Court in Windhoek has ruled that the Namibian government had coercively sterilised three HIV positive women in violation of their basic rights... Read more »
July 30
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Africa: Govt Coercively Sterilised HIV+ Women [analysis]
In a landmark judgment, the High Court in Windhoek found today that the Namibian government had coercively sterilised three HIV positive women in violation of their basic rights. Read more »
June 26
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Namibia: Major Award for Namibian Conservation [analysis]
The awarding of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) Markhor Award for outstanding conservation performance to the Namibian Ministry of Environment... Read more »
June 22
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Namibia: Rethinking Indigenous Education [analysis]
The statistics relating to San children in Namibia and education are shocking. Only 67 percent of San children in the country enrol in school. And only 1 percent of those children... Read more »
April 20
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Namibia: The Power of South Africa's Bad Example [opinion]
The ruling party of Namibia, SWAPO, rounded on the state-owned media this week for a perceived lack of patriotism and failure to adhere to the SWAPO Manifesto. Senior ruling party... Read more »
February 29
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Namibia: Indigenous Coalition Opposed to New Dam [analysis]
If the Namibian government thought it had enough on its hands after indigenous Himba leaders issued a powerful statement listing a host of human rights violations and calling on... Read more »
February 28
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Namibia: Indigenous Himba Take Fight to the UN [analysis]
The Namibian government can usually ignore the demands of indigenous groups - safe in the knowledge that their voices will seldom be heard. And even if they are that the groups are... Read more »
February 24
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Namibia: Tribal Powder Keg [analysis]
The ripples caused by the 'tribalist' remarks made by a Namibian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister are spreading - a clear sign that, despite the usual calm surface,... Read more »
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Africa: Should Stop Teaching in English? [analysis]
At Independence, Namibia chose English as its main natitional language although it had no history of English as a colonial language and few citizens who spoke it as their first... Read more »
February 7
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Namibia: Himba Village Yet to See Fruits of Independence [analysis]
Namibia, in common with neighboring Botswana, is often lauded as an example of a country which has successfully negotiated the perils of post-independent statehood to take its... Read more »
November 16, 2011
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Namibia: Funds for HIV/Aids Running Dry
Namibia has one of the highest rates of HIV and AIDS in the world and has enjoyed generous and critical donor support for its efforts to tackle the pandemic. But no longer.... Read more »
November 8, 2011
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Namibia: Bones of Contention [analysis]
In October, the skulls of a few of the Namibian victims of the 1904-1908 German colonial genocide were finally returned home. To some it represents the symbolic closure of a tragic... Read more »
September 7, 2011
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Namibia: Time to End Forced Sterilisation [analysis]
The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced... Read more »
August 3, 2011
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Namibia: Namibia Women's Health Network [analysis]
Namibia Women's Health Network (NWHN) is a organisation of women living with HIV created by 14 women that participated in the Parliamentarians for Women's Health project in 2005 to... Read more »
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Africa: Know Your Sexual And Reproductive Rights [analysis]
The main goal of this project is to support the Namibia Women's Health Network's in responding to the sexual and reproductive rights abuses of women living with HIV in Namibia - by... Read more »
July 29, 2011
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Namibia: Protecting the Flame - Violence And Education in Namibia [document]
The right of children to education is arguably one of the most significant of all human rights as it allows individuals access to a wealth of opportunities that might otherwise not... Read more »
July 27, 2011
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Namibia: San Community Faces Eviction [press release]
A Khwe community living in Namibia's Western Caprivi region has been threatened by the Namibian police with unlawful eviction from the houses they occupy. They currently live in... Read more »
July 22, 2011
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Namibia: San Community Faces Unlawful Eviction [analysis]
A Khwe community living at Omega 1 in the Western Caprivi region of the country have been threatened by the Namibian police with unlawful eviction from the houses they occupy. Read more »
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