Namibia • Increased competition, which drives development. • Journalists who report without fear or favour. • The judiciary, which has helped to protect the rights of the media. • Young people making use of improved technology to create new publications and disseminate information. • The National Society for Human Rights has been very active in terms of freedom of expression and human rights. Increasingly, MISA Namibia should be taking the lead in this regard. • Informanté - for having “shaken things up”. • Civil society, with regard to the public outcry that led to the NBC ‘Chat Show’ being reinstated. Some of the possible obstacles for further positive change • While President Pohamba promises a new climate of openness and inclusiveness, in reality the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Nandi-Ndaitwah, possibly as a result of her also holding the position of Secretary-General for Information in the ruling SWAPO, appears to hamper developments within the media by sitting on reports, policy development and legislation. • Stagnation in the country’s politics and policy decisions may be a result of a schism within SWAPO, broadly comprising one faction led by Pohamba with his deliberately inclusive approach, and the other by more hard-line former presi- 56 African Media Barometer - Namibia 2007