Namibian Defence Force: An Exploratory Study Of The Khomas Region

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to gauge the public’s perception of the Namibian

Defence Force under the title “Public Perceptions of the Namibian Defence

Force: An Explanatory Study of the Khomas Region”. The objectives of the

study were to identify the roles played by the Namibian Defence Force in

promoting public trust and the challenges it faced in promoting this trust; to

assess the perceptions and knowledge of the people in the Khomas Region

regarding the roles of the Namibian Defence Force in promoting public trust;

and to recommend measures needed to overcome the identified challenges. The

research conducted a theoretical study and then carried out a survey in the

concerned area. The study used a questionnaire and the responses were

collected and analysed.The main finding of the study was that the public is not

fully aware of the need for the Namibian Defence Force in times of peace. Most

of the respondents saw the Namibian Defence Force as a waste of state funds

and they had not really benefited from its existence. Some respondents were not

aware of the activities of the Namibian Defence Force. The recommendations of

the study were that the Namibian Defence Force needs to educate the

community to stimulate awareness of their activities and to improve public

relations education among the soldiers. The study also identified need for

improve discipline within theforceto improve the public’s image of the soldiers,

hence, improve perceptions and trust.

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