Windhoek Observer – Democracy in the mirror

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The politics of incompetence and the battle for the soul of parliament

September 5, 2026

Namibia’s parliament was not created to be a theatre of political vanity. It was created to make the government answerable to the people. There is something deeply troubling about watching a Parlia...

NNN asks corporates to help tackle youth unemployment

September 4, 2026

Patience Makwele President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has challenged corporate Namibia to expand internships and apprenticeships and provide start-up equipment to young graduates as part of a broader p...

Kathindi calls for an end to silence on GBV

September 4, 2026

Sostenus Wilherm Oshikoto governor Sacky Kathindi has declared that silence can no longer be the community’s response to gender-based violence, calling on traditional leaders, churches, families an...

Katima residents pin hopes on new wastewater plant

September 4, 2026

Patience Makwele Katima Mulilo residents have welcomed the construction of a N$450 million wastewater treatment plant, saying the project could finally address the town’s persistent sewerage proble...

Zaamwani demands fisheries reform, not more talk

September 4, 2026

Sostenus Wilherm The country’s fisheries sector has been given a demand that the time for talking is over, and that the National Fisheries Indaba must deliver a roadmap for reform, accountability a...

Amnesty accuses Namibia of failing drought-displaced Angolans

September 4, 2026

Venaani questions govt coordination over phosphate ECC

September 3, 2026

Sostenus Wilherm Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani has accused the government of failing to coordinate its own affairs after the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and la...

Human rights panel puts trial awaiting detainees’ dignity in spotlight

September 3, 2026

Renthia Kaimbi The rights and dignity of people awaiting trial came under scrutiny as legal academics, psychologists and civil society representatives examined the treatment of remand detainees and...

State fails to stop N$13m lawsuit over needle left in uterus

September 3, 2026

Sostenus Wilherm A broken surgical needle allegedly left inside a woman’s uterus for more than a decade has landed the government in a N$13 million legal battle after the High Court rejected an att...

Chaos in the chamber

September 3, 2026

…as opposition members call for speaker's head Patience Makwele The national assembly descended into chaos on Wednesday after the official opposition, the Independent Patriots for Change (...