Also known as: journalist Jemima Beukes · journalist
Jemima Beukes — journalist removed from State House after questioning President Nandi-Ndaitwah about family oil interests.
Journalist Jemima Beukes was escorted out of State House on Monday after asking President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah a question about concerns that her family is moving into controlling the oil industry, despite the president declining to take questions. Beukes says she was manhandled, had a colleague's phone confiscated that was recording the incident, and was threatened with arrest.
3 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Journalist Jemima Beukes was escorted out of State House on Monday after asking President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah a question about concerns that her family is moving into controlling the oil industry, despite the president declining to take questions. Beukes says she was manhandled, had a colleague's phone confiscated that was recording the incident, and was threatened with arrest.
3 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa faced backlash after making xenophobic comments about journalist Tracy Tafirenyika, who is Zimbabwean-born, following her article reporting that he owed NamWater N$174,000 in bills. Media bodies, civil society, and opposition politicians condemned Sankwasa's remarks as discriminatory attacks on a journalist doing her job, with calls for him to retract and apologise.
28 January 2026 · The Namibian →