The Caprivi Vision is bi- monthly published community newspaper in Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

 with content in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and siLozi

Lozi language

Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in surrounding countries...

. It is sold in the Caprivi Strip

Caprivi Strip

Caprivi, sometimes called the Caprivi Strip , Caprivi Panhandle or the Okavango Strip and formally known as Itenge, is a narrow protrusion of Namibia eastwards about , between Botswana to the south, Angola and Zambia to the north, and Okavango Region to the west. Caprivi is bordered by the...

, Northern Regions of Namibia,in the capital Windhoek

Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...

 and other countries of the Southern Africa such as Botswana and Zambia. The Caprivi Vision was founded by Risco Lumamezi on 21 August 2000 as a student of the Polytechnic of Namibia

Polytechnic of Namibia

The Polytechnic of Namibia, locally also known as Poly or Polytechnic, is an institute of tertiary education in Windhoek, Namibia. It has been established by Act 33 / 1994 of the Namibian Parliament.-History:...

; and its first edition hit the streets on 30 April 2002 , its current editor-in-chief is Risco Lumamezi.

The paper has stirred up controversy by providing a platform for Mishake Muyongo

Mishake Muyongo

Mishake Muyongo is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is living in exile in Denmark.Muyongo was born in Linyanti. In September 1964 Muyongo became President of the Caprivi African National Union when its leader Simbwaye was arrested and disappeared in South-African custody...

, leader of the banned United Democratic Party

United Democratic Party (Namibia)

The United Democratic Party is a political party in Namibia, representing mainly people from Eastern Caprivi and advocating for the secession of the Caprivi Strip....

 and alleged mastermind behind the attacks that lead to the Caprivi Conflict, to further advocate the secession

Secession

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession also can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.-Secession theory:...

of the Caprivi Strip. Particularly his 2008 New Year's message was triggering a sharp response from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, both against Muyongo and the editor of the paper. The Namibian Society for Human Rights (NSHR) in turn defended the editor, stating that press freedom extends to opinion pieces favoring secession.