„When South Africa sneezes, Namibia catches a fever”

Die Auswirkungen der südafrikanischen Ausschreitungen auf Namibia

Nach dem Haftantritt des Ex-Präsidenten Zuma brachen am 07. Juli 2021 Ausschreitungen in Südafrika aus, die mit Plünderungen, Sachbeschädigungen und den Verlust an Menschenleben einhergingen. Insbesondere die Handelszentren Johannesburg und Durban waren schwer betroffen. Das Nachbarland Namibia haben die Ausschreitungen und Plünderungen stark belastet, da es auf südafrikanische Importe angewiesen ist. Die Grundversorgung an Lebensmitteln, medizinischen Gütern sowie Kraftstoff und Energie sind von den Lieferungen aus Südafrika abhängig. Nun besteht die Möglichkeit, dass die Güterknappheit die ohnehin schwierige Lage noch einmal deutlich verschärfen könnte. Um ähnliche Situationen in der Zukunft besser abfedern zu können, müsste Namibia damit beginnen, seine Importe zu diversifizieren und seine Wirtschaft zu einer innovativen und nachhaltigen zu entwickeln sowie die Eigenproduktion zu erhöhen. Die Covid-19 Pandemie hatte bereits vorher zu einem signifikanten Armutsanstieg im Land geführt. Eine hohe Anzahl an Todesopfern ist zu beklagen, darunter auch ranghohe Politiker und namhafte Staatsbedienstete. Dazu gehört auch der Chefunterhändler der namibischen Seite für das Versöhnungsabkommen mit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Zedekia Ngavirue, sowie der Anführer des Stammes der Herero, Vekuii Rukoro, der das Abkommen stets kritisiert hatte.

Achieving Credibility: A practical guide for Civil Society Organisations in Namibia

First Digital Edition - April 2021

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and associated bodies in Namibia have come a long way since Namibia’s liberation struggle. Although civil society activities in Namibia had subsided considerably since the mid-1990s, Namibia’s civil society sector has witnessed a major shift in recent years. With the combination of grassroots knowledge and experience CSOs are increasingly viewed as active agents of change and inspiration within and beyond local communities. Despite its clouded history, the civil society sector continues to play a significant role in strengthening development cooperation within Namibia and diving the country’s development agendas forward.

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa 2017/18

Yearbook, 15th edition

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa is celebrating its 15th anniversary. This edition includes a review of the developments since 2001, the year when the first edition was published. This is intended to give the reader a comprehensive idea of the manifold transformation process that the southern African region has been through in the past 15 years. This conversation is as complex as the range of social, economic and political aspects Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa dealt with since its inception.

Monitoring Regional Integration 2015/16

Yearbook 2015/16

Regional Integration in Southern Africa can be thought of as a train journey; post independence African countries enthusiastically embarked on this journey with the aim of achieving many milestones on the way to the final destination of continental integration. However this journey has proved to be complex and difficult for many African countries and for many of the regional economic communities. Many deadlines have not been met; for example the member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed to establish a customs union by 2010. This was not achieved and these member states are still consolidating the SADC Free Trade Area. This testifies to the challenges of integrating unequal partners on Africa's integration journey.

Namibia's Foreign Relations

Historic contexts, current dimensions, and perspectives for the 21st Century

Namibia is neither geographically nor politically an island or otherwise isolated, but rather an integral part of the southern African region, an active member of the African Union, and a sovereign member state within the international community. Namibia has always been embedded in social, historic, economic and political relations and interactions with its neighbours in the region and beyond. Due to the small size of its population and its economy, Namibia has always depended on its vital bonds with other countries in the region, but also in the global community. Namibia’s foreign relations and their prudent formulation and management determine the sustainability of the country and the economic perspectives of its people. Foreign affairs have an impact on every person’s life.

SADC Law Journal

Volume Four, Number 1, 2014/15

The year 2015 marks another proud moment in the life of the SADC Law Journal as another edition comes off the production line. This is a positive development as the evolution of the journal continues to find and cement its place in the readership of the SADC-Region and beyond. The contribution of the journal to the knowledge and accessibility of information, on and about, legal developments and jurisprudence in SADC is highly appreciated by those who come across this important publication. This appreciation extends to those in academia, lawyers, policy makers, students as well as the ordinary men and women on the streets in the cities across the region and beyond.

Climate Change, Digitisation and Globalisation

Does the Social Market Economy need Renewal?

The Social Market Economy has proven to be a stable and successful economic and social order. In light of current challenges, however, there are increasing calls for a renewal of the Social Market Economy. This has come out most clearly in discussions on climate change: some claim that the Social Market Economy would need to be refined to a “Eco(logical)-Social” Market Economy to be able to address climate change.

Smart Grids and their Potentials in Namibia's Electricity Sector

This paper provides a qualitative intro-duction to smart grids, and discusses their potentials in Namibia. It aims to contribute to the public discourse on the country’s electricity supply future, and focuses on aspects that may contribute to shape the electricity sector and its developments in years to come. The paper is not meant to exhaustively deal with all aspects relating to smart grids. Rather, the paper is to serve as an easy-to-read resource for interested nonspecialists who are or may be affected by changes in the way that electricity is supplied and used in Namibia.

Social Market Economy and Sustainability

Combating climate change and maintaining resource security are two of the most pressing global challenges of our time – and will remain so after the COVID-19-crisis. Addressing global warming amid a growing world population and ever scarcer resources requires more sustainable economic activity and development. But what does sustainability entail – and how can we realise it?

State of the Namibian Electricity Sector - 2019

This publication aims to provide an up-to-date and easy-to-read text that summarises the main trends, issues, opportunities and challenges in Namibia’s electricity sector in 2019. While it would have been desirable to cover the country’s energy industry as a whole, this book focuses almost exclusively on Namibia’s electricity sector.