Community Insights Of The Namibian Defence Forces: An Investigative Study Of The Khomas Region

Abstract

This research was carried out to determine the community‟s insight of the Namibian

Defence Force under the title “Community Insights of the Namibian Defence Force: An

Investigative Study of the Khomas Region”. The research carried out a theoretical study

in the concerned area and the study used the qualitative research methodology and

interview questions were used as a research instrument for collecting data and the

responses collected were analysed qualitatively. The main result of this research was that

the community does not fully understand the role of the Namibian Defence Force in

times of peace. Most of the respondents saw the Namibian Defence Force as a squander

of state funds and they felt that they had nothing to benefit from the existence of the

Defence force. Some participants did not understand the activities and the importance of

the Defence Force. The recommendations of the study were that the Namibian Defence

Force needs to educate the community on its role both in war and peace times to

stimulate the understanding of its activities by the general populace and to develop

community relations education among the Defence force members. The study also found

out the need for the improvement of regulations within the force to develop the

community‟s image of the soldiers, hence, develop insights and aims to advance the

ways of life of the soldiers in the country.