- Vol 47 No 21
- 20th October 2006
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 fight ex...
- Vol 47 No 20
- 6th October 2006
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 17) ...
- Vol 47 No 17
- 25th August 2006
New proposals for constitutional change will reopen the battle
for the presidency
- Vol 47 No 15
- 21st July 2006
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 offi...
- Vol 47 No 7
- 31st March 2006
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 Army r...
- Vol 47 No 5
- 3rd March 2006
President Pohamba's ambition to clean up the government may be
blocked by his predecessor
- Vol 47 No 5
- 3rd March 2006
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 of ...
- Vol 46 No 22
- 4th November 2005
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 state ...
- Vol 46 No 19
- 23rd September 2005
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 46 No...
- Vol 46 No 17
- 26th August 2005
Will the President punish his predecessor's protégé,
caught in a financial scandal?