No proof for police chief’s claim of police brutality allegations being ‘fabricated’
In mid-August 2019 the second phase of the joint police and military crime-fighting operation, Operation Kalahari Desert, was launched. During the launch event of phase two of Operation Kalahari Desert, Namibian Police (Nampol) Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga stated that allegations of misconduct and brutality leveled against law enforcement and military personnel involved in the previous […]
No, someone behind a desk didn’t write that Namibia is ‘stinking with corruption’
President Hage Geingob claims that public perceptions of the levels of corruption in Namibia are made up based on his experiences of recent town hall meetings. An article published in The Namibian newspaper on Wednesday, 21 August 2019, quotes the president saying: “I just finished with the nationwide town hall meetings, but corruption came up […]
No data to back up PM’s claims about disciplining civil servants
Despite acknowledging our information request, the Prime Minister’s office has been unforthcoming One of the issues that came up during presidential town hall meetings since June is corruption in the public service. At the Erongo region town hall meeting in mid-July 2019 at Swakopmund, president Hage Geingob was asked about public service corruption by a […]
FIC, ACC referral figures don’t add up
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) claims to be referring cases for investigation to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), but this is not reflected in ACC annual reports. NOTE: We give this a What!? because the figures don’t match and indicates a lack of data reporting coordination. The claim emanates from the annual report of the FIC […]
No, Itula is not an independent presidential candidate
Media reports continue to erroneously refer to Panduleni Itula as an independent A news report, under the headline ‘Itula dares Swapo to conclude congress court case on merits’, posted to the website of the The Namibian newspaper on Thursday, 25 July 2019, started off as follows: “INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Panduleni Itula has challenged the Swapo […]
Justice minister Shanghala is wrong about marginalisation
The minister falsely claimed that there are no marginalised people in the country. Justice minister Sakeus Shanghala recently claimed in the National Assembly that there was no marginalisation in Namibia. In a front page article of the Namibian Sun newspaper on 12 July 2019, under the headline ‘No one is marginalised – Shanghala’, the minister […]
FIC figures do not speak to those in SONA 2019
During his State of the Nation (SONA) speech in the National Assembly chamber on 17 April 2019, President Hage Geingob made the following statements: “According to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), 7 813 reports were submitted during the period under review, of which 329 cases were referred to law enforcement agencies, for further action. The […]
No, 48 857 jobs were not created in 2018
During his State of the Nation (SONA) speech in the National Assembly chamber on 17 April 2019, President Hage Geingob made the following statements: “According to the Namibia Statistics Agency, a total of fourty-eight-thousand-eight-hundred-and-fifty-seven (48,857) new jobs were created nationally in 2018, with the greatest contribution coming from the Agricultural sector, which saw modest recovery […]
Yes, ministers’ performance agreements are accessible, but …
During his State of the Nation (SONA) speech in the National Assembly chamber on 17 April 2019, President Hage Geingob made the following statements: “Performance Agreements have been availed for public scrutiny via the Office of the Prime Minister website, while Quarterly Reviews are used as a platform to provide feedback.” The most important part […]
No, the ACC did not investigate 701 cases in 2018/19
During his State of the Nation (SONA) speech in the National Assembly chamber on 17 April 2019, President Hage Geingob made the following statements: “Furthermore, the Anti-Corruption Commission investigated 701 cases in 2018, of which 156 have been referred to the Prosecutor-General, with recommendation to prosecute. 49 of these have been finalized.” It is unclear […]