Abstract Food security is often defined in terms food availability, food access and food utilization (USAID 1995). Food availability is achieved when sufficient quantities of food are constantly available to all individuals within the country. Such food items can be supplied through house hold production, other domestic output, commercial outputs and commercial imports of food assistance. Access is assured when household and all individuals within them have adequate resources to obtain appro...
ABSTRACT This thesis frames a study undertaken to explore key management challenges associated with the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) during the peace support operations (PSOs) mandated by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in the period 2004 to 2008. The purpose of the study is to conduct an in-depth analysis of the management challenges that confronted the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) during these operations. The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) was involved in a number of UN led pea...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the causes of resignations and inter-ministerial transfers from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID); to determine the effects of resignations and interministerial transfers on service delivery in CID; to explore the security challenges posed by such resignations and inter-ministerial transfers to Namibia and to suggest ways of reducing the resignation of police officers from NAMPOL. This study adopted a qualitative research design and the in...
ABSTRACT The study suggests an analyses/investigation on the problem of the social impact arising from the absence of married quarters affecting married soldiers in the Namibian Defence Force. A case of the Namibian Defence Force has been used. Findings in most literature led to mobility as a major cause of social impact affecting married soldiers’ social life in Namibian Defence Force. This study has probed the married and single soldiers’ (male and female) interest in married quarters....
ABSTRACT The rural-urban migrations of the residents from the Havana and Greenwell Matongo informal settlements, to Windhoek, pose socio-economic challenges of urbanisation. These challenges are various security challenges such as unemployment, poverty, crime and the negative effect on the environment. Therefore, it is important to recognise that migration, in excess, is both a symptom of national security threats and instability. Understanding the causes, determinants, and consequences thes...
ABSTRACT This study investigated into the effectiveness of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) succession planning using the case study of the Defence Headquarters in Windhoek. It is worth mentioning that the NDF was established by unifying and integrating two opposing forces of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territorial Forces (SWATF) in 1990. Although the NDF started with the process of rejuvenating the force since 1996, only less than 10% of young ...
Abstract In the 21st century, geospatial technologies have evolved and dramatically converged and necessitated the security for human and state existence. Therefore, application of geospatial technology in the Namibian Defence Force is one of the greatest means of fighting threats to state security in this contemporary world. The study assessed the Challenges of Geospatial Technology on National Security in the 21st Century, with reference to the Namibian Defence Force. The study is informed...