The Open Budget Index 2017: Namibia’s Performance
Namibia moved up slightly in the new Open Budget Index. Read more here
Response to Minister Tweya’s Criticism of our ATI report
Minister Tweya criticised our report on Access to Information. Here is our response.
Namibia & the Global Competitiveness Rankings
The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 – an annual assessment of the factors driving productivity and prosperity in 137 countries – was released on September 27 2017. Namibia has fallen by six places on the rankings for 2017-18 – down to 90th from 84th in 2016-17. Namibia’s score was also down – 3.99 […]
Bill Lindeke Resource Centre Opened
We opened the Bill Lindeke Resource Centre, filled with books from his great collection.
A Word on Windhoek’s Emergency Water Plan
As part of the City of Windhoek’s response to the water crisis from 2015-16, the authorities drew up an ‘Emergency Water Use Scenario’. The scenario seeks to capture from which source and how much volume should be provided to meet the city’s water demand over the period of one week. Of note and as can […]
How effective are anti-corruption agencies in the region?
We just attended a conference to discuss the performance of anti-corruption bodies in the region
What does the APRM mean for Namibia?
*This post is adapted from the briefing paper “Namibia and the African Peer Review Mechanism: Committing to Improved Governance” by Steven Gruzd. On Saturday 28 January 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Hage Geingob signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), committing Namibia to Africa’s premier governance assessment and promotion […]
The Whistleblower Bill should not pass in its current form
The ACTION coalition is calling on Parliament to refer the Whistleblower Protection Bill to a standing committee for proper discussion and consultations with the public. The bill has three serious faults: 1. Section 52 (1d) allows protection to be removed if the disclosure questions government policy. This has wide-ranging implications: For example a whistleblower who […]
The good and bad of the Whistleblower Protection Bill
The new bill has potential for good — we detail the issues that need to be fixed first
Measuring Harambee
Corruption rankings show that government should adopt a different approach to measuring how effectively the Harambee Prosperity Plan is being implemented.
