When a critical ransomware attack penetrates the digital infrastructure of the Namibian Defence Force, it is not merely an IT glitch; it is an alarming national security crisis that exposes highly sensitive personnel, administrative, and logistical records to malicious syndicates. Yet, rather than meeting this breach with urgent transparency, the executive branch has opted for characteristic secrecy, leaving the nation in the dark about the true extent of the compromise. For

National security should never depend on a landlord. The IPC expresses profound disappointment over reports that the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs headquarters in Windhoek was left without electricity for two days, reportedly due to non-payment of rent. Whether due to administrative failures or lease disputes, the fact that the ministry responsible for safeguarding Namibia's sovereignty can have its operations disrupted like this is completely unacceptable. This