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08/06/2026

EditorialMedia freedom requires constant vigilance 20 hours ago20 hours ago2384 Mins Read FacebookTwitterLinkedInPinterestStumbleuponEmail Share The launch of the Seventh African Media Barometer (AMB) Report on Namibia this week provides an important opportunity for reflection on the state of media....

08/06/2026

Namibia has some of the strongest media freedom laws on the continent. But having the law and making the law work are two very different things.

On June 4th, 2026, we released the African Media Barometer Namibia 2026, and its central finding is sobering: the gap between rights on paper and rights in practice is growing. The Access to Information Act, adopted in 2022, has still not been operationalised. No Information Commissioner has been appointed. Criminal defamation remains on the books. And journalists are increasingly silenced not by government pressure, but by financial insecurity.

Behind the scores and the statistics are real people. Journalists stretching shrinking resources to cover stories that matter. Community radio stations fighting to stay on air. Citizens who are legally entitled to government information they simply cannot access.

Namibia is not failing. But it is falling short of its own promise.

Swipe through the infographic for the full picture, and download the report here: https://shorturl.at/0gpOn
Because media freedom is not just a journalists' issue. It is everyone's issue.

A huge thank you to our panellists, partners (DW Akademie & MISA Regional, The Embassy of Finland in Windhoek - Suomen suurlähetystö Windhoekissa), and everyone who joined us at the Green Screen.



Delegation of the European Union to Namibia
U.S. Embassy Namibia
UK in Namibia
Global Forum for Media Development
The Namibian
NBC Digital News
The Villager Newspaper
New Era Newspaper
Media Ombudsman of Namibia
Sadrag Panduleni Shihomeka
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology - Republic of Namibia

08/06/2026

Media experts, legal practitioners and development partners have raised concerns over gaps in press freedom, access to information and journalist protection in

08/06/2026

Fear is one of the most effective restraints on freedom of expression because it rarely requires direct censorship. When people fear punishment, harassment, social exclusion, legal consequences, or threats to their livelihoods, many choose silence long before anyone tells them what they can or cannot say. This creates self-censorship, which is often harder to detect and address than formal restrictions.

The full African Media Barometer Namibia 2026 report is available for download at https://shorturl.at/0gpOn. A two-page infographic summary is also available for download here: https://shorturl.at/4g6g9.

The ombudsman, advocate Basilius Dyakugha, warns that many Namibians are still motivated by fear despite the country’s democratic gains since independence.

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

📢 Namibia has the law. What it has not done is make the law work.

That is the central finding of the African Media Barometer Namibia 2026. Namibia remains one of Africa's strongest media freedom environments, and that is not a small thing. But the gap between constitutional guarantees and lived reality is widening, and the people bearing the cost of that gap are journalists, community media outlets, and citizens who cannot access information that is legally theirs.

The 2026 AMB does not tell a story of collapse. It tells a story of a country that has done the legislative work and now needs the political will to follow through.

Download the full report here:
https://shorturl.at/0gpOn

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology - Republic of Namibia
Delegation of the European Union to Namibia
DW Akademie
MISA Regional
Global Forum for Media Development
Embassy of Finland in Windhoek - Suomen suurlähetystö Windhoekissa
U.S. Embassy Namibia
UK in Namibia

05/06/2026

Namibia marked World Press Freedom Day 2026 with the official handover of the Windhoek Declaration's UNESCO Memory of the World certificate to the National Archives.