Afriques en Lutte

Namibie : L'héritage de Sam Nujoma

HARRY BOESAK, Shaun Whittaker — 2025-06-01T03:00:00Z

Le 1er avril 1989, malgré l'accord négocié pour l'indépendance politique de la Namibie, Sam Nujoma ordonna aux 2 000 combattants de la Swapo d'entrer en Namibie depuis l'Angola pour y établir des bases internes. Cette décision était en contradiction avec l'accord tripartite de décembre 1988, qui prévoyait la cessation des hostilités et le confinement de toutes les forces armées dans leurs bases. Cette décision irréfléchie – apparemment à l'initiative de Robert Mugabe – visait à permettre à (…)

- Namibie / Histoire

Un coup d'État électoral en Namibie ?

HARRY BOESAK, Shaun Whittaker — 2024-12-13T16:52:28Z

La Namibie a tenu ses 8e élections générales. Les résultats des élections à l'Assemblée nationale qui se sont tenues en novembre 2024 étaient les suivants : Swapo (53 %), les Patriotes indépendants pour le changement (IPC) (20 %), le mouvement de repositionnement affirmatif (AR) (7 %), le Mouvement démocratique populaire (PDM) (5 %), le Mouvement des sans-terre (LPM) (5 %), Swanu (1 %), les Combattants pour la liberté économique namibienne (NEFF) (1 %), etc. Lors de l'élection (…)

- Namibie / Election, Analyse

Namibie : Price Controls on Essential Goods ?

HARRY BOESAK, Shaun Whittaker — 2024-05-22T03:30:00Z

On the occasion of May Day 2024, it is imperative to say that 42% of Namibians are undernourished while there has been a 32% increase in millionaires over the past 10 years. The country is burdened with an economic system that generates monstrous suffering for the majority, the working class, on one side, but obscene wealth for a few, the elite, on the other side. There is hence a vital need for price controls on food and other essentials (housing, utilities, energy, and so forth) to make (…)

- Namibie / Economie

Namibie : Can a Job Guarantee Succeed ?

HARRY BOESAK, Shaun Whittaker — 2024-03-19T04:30:00Z

More than 24 000 jobs were lost in the Namibian private sector from 2018 to 2023.
This shows the private sector is not the solution to mass unemployment as it is profit-driven.
At the same time, our public sector has skewed priorities.
Despite 8 000 unemployed qualified teachers, the government recruited 1 000 police officers and 1 600 soldiers in 2023.
The nation needs a dialogue not only about the long-term unemployment crisis, but also about colour and party-political (…)

- Namibie / Economie

Namibie : Finding Jakob Marengo

HARRY BOESAK, Shaun Whittaker — 2022-03-30T03:30:00Z

WHERE IS JAKOB Marengo ? This question is fundamental to an important novel – entitled 'Morenga' (1978) – written about Marengo by the German author Uwe Timm.
Given the centrality of the reparations and genocide debate in Namibian politics, this is undoubtedly an appropriate time for Namibians to read this anti-colonial and anti-Eurocentric story that introduced Marengo to a global audience.
Although Timm uses the alternative spelling of the surname, the title of the novel confirms that (…)

- Namibie / Colonialisme, Histoire

Namibie : Statues and Nation Building

HARRY BOESAK, MITCHELL VAN WYK, Shaun Whittaker — 2020-08-14T05:30:00Z

THE CALLOUS KILLING of George Floyd led to a global uprising against racism, including the toppling of many statues associated with white supremacist ideology.
Such symbols are crucial reminders of history, in particular the way in which that history is celebrated. Therefore, the recent protest at the bust of Curt von Francois, and the demand for its removal comes at an opportune moment. It is lamentable that the image of a German-speaking coloniser, who ordered the Hornkranz massacre – (…)

- Namibie