Namibia Institute for Democracy

NID Executive Director Naita Hishoono participated in a conference organised by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, in Germany. Participants included various academics and civil society actors who interrogated the crucial questions and culture around memory culture regarding anti-semitism, colonialism, racism, social justice and the skewe...

The goal of this bootcamp was to provide the learners with knowledge, skills and the tools they need to participate in the development of their communities. Topics included Ethics, Good Governance, Leadership and Mental Health.  

Today's public discussion in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia focused on the present labour laws and what has changed since Namibia's independence.Our panelists Dr Marvin Awarab, Mr Herbert Jauch and Ms Zenzi Awases shed light on gender inequality in the work place, the importance of trade unions and citizens knowing their right...

In an attempt to reach an understanding about the colonial injustice NID Executive Director Ms Naita Hishoono, Ms Rakkel Andreas, Mr Uazuvara Ewald Kapombo Katjivena, Dr Kristin Platt, Prof Henning Melber, Mr Uwe Timm met and discussed the power relations between the two countries (Namibia & Germany) and solutions on how to move forward.The rep...

JOIN US AS WE UNPACK ORGANISATIONAL CULTURES AND THE EFFECTS THEREOF ON THE LIVES OF NAMIBIAN WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES  

Rethinking German-Namibian Relationships". The booked was edited by Dr. Kristin Platt and Prof. Henning Melber with contributions by Namibia and Germany politicians as well as Namibian authors. Hishoono contributed a chapter named "A Place under the Sun".

Last week the Namibia Institute for Democracy and the Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia hosted a capacity-building training for the Omaheke regional and local authority councillors. The overall objective of this training was to provide Councillors with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to effectively serve and provide services to their communiti...

It was a good discussion covering a range of issues including the independence of the ACC, deficiencies in the ACC Act, whistleblowing, procurement, weaknesses in the judicial system, the lack of resources for civic education, the lack of transparency on party political finance and the declaration of assets/conflict of interest.

The ninth and eleventh graders made it to the jury - consisting of Dr. Andreas Götze ( Hitradio Namibia ), Naita Hishoono ( German Embassy Windhoek ), Erika von Wietersheim (journalist and author) and Jasko Rust ( Namibia Institute for Democracy ) - anything but easy. Congratulations to our eloquent DHPS students Maike Metzger (grade 11) and Gabrie...

The aim of the workshop was to highlight the importance of whistleblower protection in Namibia. This included ensuring protection from retaliation, occupational detriment and insecurity (physical, economic and social). This workshop targeted lawyers and journalists and whistleblowers.