Former Chief Executive of United States-based Comverse
Inc. Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander was arrested in Windhoek on
27 September on an Interpol warrant but he has formed some powerful
business and political connections in Windhoek and is determined
to figh...
Former President Sam Nujoma's claim for N$5 million
(US$650,000) damages against the The Namibian could backfire.
Last year, it carried a lengthy report on the N$30 mn. Avid Investment/Social
Security Commission (SSC) corruption scandal (AC Vol 46 No 1...
New proposals for constitutional change will reopen the battle
for the presidency
Supporters of ex-President Sam Nujoma are competing with
those of ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Hidipo Hamutenya to
recruit delegates to the 2007 congress of the ruling South West
African People's Organisation. At stake are votes for the party's
senior ...
A treason trial that raises human rights questions is under
way virtually unnoticed in Windhoek's High Court. The 119 people
on trial are charged with plotting the secession of Caprivi Region.
They were accused of complicity in a Caprivi Liberation Arm...
President Pohamba's ambition to clean up the government may be
blocked by his predecessor
Sam Nujoma no longer completely controls the
party he has led for over 45 years. The 21-member Political Bureau
is split between Nujomaists and backers of former Foreign Affairs
Minister Hidipo Hamutenya; a few non-aligned ministers
vote on the merits...
A crisis of authority between President Hifikepunye Pohamba
and his predecessor, Sam Nujoma, has been averted. The
Deputy Minister of Transport, Works and Communication, Paulus
Kapia, implicated in the embezzlement of 30 million Namibian
dollars in st...
Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Hidipo Hamutenya may soon
return to frontline politics after the fall of his opponent Paulus
Kapia, the former deputy Minister of Works involved in the
N$30 million (US$4.8 mn.) Avid Investment Corporation scandal
(AC Vol 4...
Will the President punish his predecessor's protégé,
caught in a financial scandal?
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