- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
The governing SWAPO party surprised friend and foe alike by electing Hage Geingob, 72, as its presidential successor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba.
- Vol 53 No 24
- 30th November 2012
Three hats are in the ring for the SWAPO vice-presidency: the winner will almost certainly become the next head of state
- Vol 53 No 16
- 3rd August 2012
Lev Leviev's interests in neighbouring Namibia could suffer as a result of the British High Court proceedings in June, especially from the judge's critical remarks about his credibility as a witness and from revelations about the manipulation of Angolan d...
- Vol 53 No 12
- 8th June 2012
Jockeying for position to succeed President Hifikepunye Pohamba is rising following confirmation that SWAPO’s elective congress will be held on 28 November to 2 December.
- Vol 53 No 4
- 17th February 2012
The presidential ambitions of Hage Geingob appear holed beneath the waterline after he admitted taking a US$300,000 consultancy fee from French nuclear power company Areva in 2008 (AC Vol 53 No 2, The man most likely to succeed Pohamba). He had given advi...
- Vol 53 No 2
- 20th January 2012
SWAPO chooses its candidate this year for the 2014 election
- Vol 52 No 16
- 5th August 2011
- Vol 52 No 12
- 10th June 2011
Due to open on 1 June, the long-awaited Avid Investment Corporation trial, involving claims over the embezzlement of 30 million Namibian dollars (US$4.3 mn.), has been postponed yet again. It will probably not happen until next year.
- Vol 52 No 11
- 27th May 2011
A trial in June could mark the start of a reckoning for massive fraud in the public sector workers’ pension fund
- Vol 52 No 4
- 18th February 2011
United States’ worries over possible uranium sales to Iran from the planned Valencia mine in west-central Namibia may have blocked its sale to George Forrest International (GFI), according to US State Department cables published by WikiLeaks. Valencia’s e...