22/06/2026
98.6% of public submissions said yes. More than 5,500 Namibians signed a petition. Hundreds filed formal requests under the law. In June 2026, CRAN answered, and refused Starlink again.
So we did something simple: we read CRAN's own four-page decision back, line by line.
This isn't a rant. Every quote in this video is taken directly from CRAN's published reasons. We just put them next to each other and let the document speak for itself.
What's actually in the letter:
• It never re-examines the real issue (the 51% ownership question). It dismisses the requests on a technicality.
• It concedes, in its own words, that "competition and connectivity were met."
• It admits the spectrum licence was declined "inadvertently."
• It claims it "lacked competence to entertain" the requests, yet it read and judged them to say so.
• It says "the majority" failed the test, meaning some passed, then dismisses all of them.
• It leans on a court case (S v Kakololo) that it admits "concerned an appeal," to hold ordinary citizens to a courtroom standard.
• It calls the public's argument "not an issue ripe for reconsideration" because it had "already determined" it. In other words, you can't reconsider this, because we already decided.
• Its own rules disagree on the clock: the Act allows 90 days; Regulation 20 says 30.
• It can't even keep its own count straight: 624 in one line, 622 in the rest.
A country has every right to say no. The question this video asks is narrower: did the people who asked "why?" actually get an answer, or just a reason not to give one?
A note on honesty: the quotes and numbers above are taken from CRAN's published decision and from Namibian news reporting (The Namibian, Namibian Sun, New Era, Windhoek Observer). The interpretation, what those quotes add up to, is our analysis and opinion, offered for public debate. The detail that CRAN declined to review the 5,500+ petition because the comment period had lapsed is per reporting by Iréne-Mari van der Walt. If you have corrections, comment below and we'll pin them.
This is a follow-up to our first video on why Starlink is still not allowed in Namibia.
