Namibia Fact Check

Episode 3 of ZimFact Chronicles a series in which ZimFact, Africa Check and Cartooning For Peace unpack an exciting media literacy resource that will assist in the fight against misinformation and disinformation: Cartooning for Africa Facts- An Illustrated Fact-checker's Guide:

Electoral authorities, the media and civil society are cautioned to be aware of and on the lookout for election-related mis- and disinformation and to attempt to counter such attacks in order to safeguard electoral integrity around the upcoming elections. namibiafactcheck.org.na/news-item/lear…

It should be noted that rankings may reflect outdated and unreliable figures from most other African countries, meaning that countries with better reporting systems (such as Namibia) appear worse simply because they collect more accurate data ... namibiafactcheck.org.na/report/no-nami…

The Fishrot trial was supposed to have started in October 2023, exactly two years ago at this point, but the delays brought about by some of the accused in the case are what have been preventing the case from being heard and finalised ... namibiafactcheck.org.na/report/no-the-…

🇧🇫 Is Traore the new Thomas Sankara? Fake news and deepfakes glorifying Burkina Faso’s leader are spreading across Africa. Many liken Traoré to Thomas Sankara, but analysts warn that much of this content is coordinated disinformation. 💡bit.ly/4mzNpBV

September is knocking… and you know what that means 👉🏾 the 2025 edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica25) is almost here! This year, we’re heading to #Namibia — where the desert meets the ocean 🌊🏜️, and where #pressfreedom, gender equity, and progressive jurisprudence shine as a beacon for the continent. Are you registered? We will be in person and online. Be sure not to miss out on an extensive assortment of sessions, workshops and discussions. And ultimately, the opportunity to engage with the #InternetFreedomAfrica community! Register here >>> whova.com/portal/registr…

Our two new trainers, Rosevitha and Louivenzia, handled most of the training and made us proud 👏👏👏. And participants were satisfied as well, with one stating in the evaluation form: "It was very informative and eye-opening knowledge that I needed".

@factchecknet @ipprnamibia This training, from 15 - 16 April 2025, was made possible with grant funding from the BUILD 2024 fund of the @factchecknet.

IT'S A WRAP! ... Thanks to the student journalists, journalism graduates and working journalists who participated in our two-day training on 'Fact checking & verification for journalism students and recent graduates'. 🙏 also to trainers Rosevitha Ndumbu and Louivenzia Komases.

OPPORTUNITY ALERT! ... If you're a media / journalism student or recent graduate, this is for you. Please urgently indicate if you would like to participate, as space is limited ...

@ipprnamibia We would like to thank the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) @CanHCZA for financially supporting the production of the outputs of this project 👏👏👏

The report, bulletins and podcasts produced under this project will be uploaded to the @ipprnamibia and @FactNamibia websites and shared the various social media pages over coming days ...

LAUNCHED! ... Yesterday the @ipprnamibia and @FactNamibia launched the findings of the Countering #Elections2024 Mis- & Disinformation project, which sought to identify the narratives, actors and pathways of election-related mis- and disinformation ahead of last year's elections.

LAUNCH! ... Please join us tomorrow if you can, whether in-person or online, for the launch of our report on mis- & disinformation around #NamibiaElections2024? The launch will also be livestreamed on the @ipprnamibia Facebook page ...

Three months since #NamibiaElections2024 and no political party, politician, or social media user has yet come forward with credible evidence that the Zimbabwean ruling party had played a part in an alleged attempt to rig the elections ... namibiafactcheck.org.na/report/post-el…

Because of the lack of visual evidence to date, we consider the claim that the Swapo Party presidential candidate and Namibian president-elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, had ‘collapsed’ on 26 October to be unproven. #NamibiaElections2024 namibiafactcheck.org.na/report/post-el…

@AfricaCheck @FactNamibia editor Frederico Links first spoke on the panel titled 'Fact checking in action – Insights from the electoral period', and then on the panel 'The role of media & fact-checking collaboration in elections'.

The conference is hosted by @AfricaCheck, and brings together fact checkers that worked around elections across multiple countries on the continent ahead of, during and after elections in 2024.

PIVOTAL DISCUSSIONS – @FactNamibia editor & project coordinator Frederico Links spoke on two panels this morning at the 'Lessons from collaboration: Reflections on safeguarding information integrity during elections' conference in Nairobi, Kenya.