SECTOR 4 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: Score of previous years: ✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ 2.7 2005: n/a; 2007: n/a; 2009: 3.0; 2011: 2.5; 2015: 1.9 4.4 Journalists and other media practitioners are organised in trade unions and/or professional associations, which effectively represent their interests Journalists in Namibia are not organised into trade unions and therefore lack collective bargaining power. Some media practitioners at NBC, however, are members of the Namibia Public Workers Union. It is important to note the history of this union, which was affiliated to SWAPO and which therefore brings into question issues around objectivity for those who are members. In terms of professional associations, there is only the EFN. However, this is specific to editors and the body focuses more on standards than on representing the interests of journalists. MISA Namibia had a fund to assist journalists if they were in trouble. However, it was not a union but simply a member-based organisation which advocated for media rights, whether or not affected journalists were signed-up as members. MISA Namibia is currently dormant. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: Score of previous years: 52 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NAMIBIA 2018 ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓ 1.1 2005: 2.8; 2007: 3.0; 2009: 2.4; 2011: 1.6; 2015: 1.4 ✓