 On 2 November 2016, One Africa Television confirmed that, due to economic circumstances and significant changes in the media revenue landscape, One Africa Television had no choice but to enter into a restructuring process.The company had to lay off one third of its workforce in Namibia and closed down its local news format that has been running for the past 14 years.15 December 2016 was the station's last day for the broadcast of local news in the traditional format.