insert_link Nam Elections 2024 Concerns Raised Over Foreign Influence in Local Election Smear Campaigns Namibia Fact Check has expressed concerns about social media attacks on opposition candidate Panduleni Itula, suggesting foreign interference may be involved. Editor Frederico Links warned that these campaigns could threaten Namibia's electoral democracy. He compared the attacks to similar trends in other African countries. Links also pointed to past concerns about Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF meddling in Namibian politics, which has been denied. He urged electoral authorities to act to prevent manipulation […] todayNovember 25, 2024 7
insert_link Opinion Pieces Curating data for political purposes: NSA credibility destroyed. Rowland Brown Opinion On the 30th of October, the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) released the 2023 Census report, around a year after the data collection for the same was completed. However, despite collecting labour force data and employment/unemployment data, in a turn of events more worthy of North Korea than Namibia, this was excluded from the report, a notable change to previous Census reports. This means that the latest official […] todayNovember 1, 2024 10