The Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has denied that it acted unreasonably in denying permits to American streamer Darren Watkins Jr, popularly known as IShowSpeed.<\/p>\n
“The NCAA rejects any implication that it acted unreasonably or obstructively in relation to the non-issuance of an overflight and landing clearance permit for the proposed visit by IShowSpeed,” NCAA spokesperson Nelson Ashipala said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n
IShowSpeed was expected to livestream his visit to Namibia last week as part of his Africa Steam Tour.<\/p>\n
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Follow us on WhatsApp<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a> for the latest headlines<\/p>\n The visit was cancelled due to aviation permit issues, although the streamer on Wednesday reiterated his intention to visit Namibia during his tour.<\/p>\n The cancellation received significant public attention, given the streamer’s global reach.<\/p>\n “Why subject a respected high-value visitor to useless bureaucratic chaos? We must be dynamic,” Independent Patriots for Change spokesperson Imms Nashinge wrote in a social media post responding to The Namibian’s report.<\/p>\n According to Ashipala, the ad-hoc overflight and landing permits were not issued because the flight exceeded the allowed number of passengers.<\/p>\n The NCAA has the right to grant exemptions to those restrictions, but the applications must be made in advance to the Transport Commission, Ashipala said.<\/p>\n As the exemption was not obtained, the NCAA recommended using a local licensed Namibian charter operator, he added.<\/p>\n “Applications that are submitted late, incomplete, or without the requisite statutory approvals cannot be accommodated, irrespective of the profile of the operator involved. […] Aviation safety and regulatory compliance are paramount and will not be compromised,” Ashipala said.<\/p>\n In an age of information overload, Sunrise is The Namibian’s morning briefing, delivered at 6h00 from Monday to Friday. It offers a curated rundown of the most important stories from the past 24 hours – occasionally with a light, witty touch. It’s an essential way to stay informed. Subscribe and join our newsletter community.<\/p>\n The Namibian uses AI tools to assist with improved quality, accuracy and efficiency, while maintaining editorial oversight and journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has denied that it acted unreasonably in denying permits to American streamer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[63,83,269,265,262,102,96,261,267,264,263,1071,266],"class_list":{"0":"post-13779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-namibia","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-business-and-finance","11":"tag-current-events","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-namibia","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-southern-africa","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-trade","19":"tag-transport-and-shipping","20":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}