On 8 April, the GPU held an emergency meeting with stakeholders from the media industry and civil society organisations to discuss the new regulations. Those present agreed that introducing a controlled registration and accreditation system would grant the government and the regulatory authority unlawful and arbitrary powers to decide who can and cannot practise journalism….
Starlink has hit back at Namibia’s decision to reject its licence application, calling the regulator’s characterisation of its non-compliance “misleading” and urging Namibians to request a formal appeal. In a statement published on its website, the satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it had made clear over the past three years its…
A pump jack is seen in a field on March 18, 2026 in Pecos, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Oil prices rose Thursday after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States, even as a U.S. proposal to end the war is under review by senior officials in…
Namibia has turned down applications from Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink for a telecommunications service licence and access to radio spectrum, a notice in the Southern African country’s government gazette showed. The notice, dated 23 March, did not say why Starlink’s applications were declined. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia could reconsider the decisions…
Irish rapper Liam O’Hanna welcomes ruling in case he says was ‘never about any threat to the public, never about terrorism’. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 11 Mar 202611 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo British prosecutors have lost an appeal seeking…
The US House of Representatives votes 219-212 against a resolution requiring Congress’s approval for further military action on Iran. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 5 Mar 20265 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The United States House of Representatives has narrowly rejected…
The Supreme Court decision striking down some of Trump’s most sweeping tariffs injects new uncertainty into global trade.
In this piece, we review the arguments made by members of the United Nations Security Council regarding the US attack on Venezuela on January 3. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on January 3 in response to the US attack on Venezuela, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of people and the…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed the Trump administration over its plan to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois over the strenuous objections of local officials. The court in an unsigned order turned away an emergency request made by the administration, which said the troops are needed to protect federal agents involved in…
Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya. The presidency says minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, acted within the confines of the law by publishing a policy direction in the Government Gazette on the role of equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) in the ICT sector. Last week, Malatsi instructed the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa…
