Vol 66 No 18 | NAMIBIACANADA Parliament tests Nandi-Ndaitwah’s anti-corruption vow 2nd September 2025 MPs are to vote on a call to investigate claims that Canada’s ReconAfrica broke accountability and environment rules Canada’s Reconnaissance Energy Africa – ReconAfrica – first started drilling for oil and gas in the Kavango basin of north-eastern Namibia four years ago and has been mired...
Vol 66 No 16 | NAMIBIAWHO'S WHO Newsmaker: Oil will test Namibia’s Nandi-Ndaitwah 8th August 2025 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s presidency will be shaped by how her government manages the fossil fuel bonanza. Her election last December coincided with the take-off of the country’s oil boom...
Vol 65 No 25 | NAMIBIA SWAPO bucks the regional trend 12th December 2024 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the ruling party’s first female presidential candidate, now has to deliver on her jobs promise SWAPO retained power in the presidential and legislative elections last month although on a smaller vote share than in 2019 amid claims by the opposition of skulduggery in...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 25 | NAMIBIA Opposition disputes Nandi-Ndaitwah’s claims of victory 4th December 2024 The electoral commission’s extension of voting in the general election after technical problems and ballot paper shortages prompts complaints Namibia is set to elect its first female head of state but also looks likely to join Mozambique in having the legitimacy of its general elections dismissed as... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 24 | NAMIBIA SWAPO aims to avoid a Botswana-style upset 25th November 2024 With incumbents out of favour in the region, the outcome of the elections is on a knife-edge Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (known as NNN) was swimming against the regional tide as she campaigned to become Namibia’s first female head of state in the parliamentary and presidential...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 22 | NAMIBIA Opposition cries foul over elections contract to firm in graft probe 29th October 2024 As the country prepares to hold a general election, its main opposition party has objected to the South African company hired to print the ballots Namibia’s main opposition has lodged a petition protesting against the Electoral Commission’s decision to award a contract to Ren-Form to design, print and deliver ballot papers to be... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 10 | NAMIBIA SWAPO's prospects lag behind economy 9th May 2024 Geingob's death and a row over the German genocide make for an awkward transition in this year's polls against a strong opposition The lavish and lengthy obsequies for President Hage Geingob, who died aged 82 on 4 February, turned out to be just an interlude in the drama on whether...
Vol 64 No 23 | NAMIBIA Green hydrogen shoots 16th November 2023 A €1 billion fund for projects developing 'green' hydrogen and critical raw materials has just been signed off in Brussels by President Hage Geingob and European Commission President...
Vol 64 No 22 | NAMIBIA Xinfeng lithium licence threat 2nd November 2023 Chinese lithium company Xinfeng Investments risks losing its mining licence when a parliamentary committee publishes a report later this year which is expected to criticise operational and labour...
Vol 64 No 20 | NAMIBIA Fishrot trial delay 5th October 2023 The long-anticipated Fishrot corruption trial of 10 highly placed Namibians accused of multi-million fishing quotas fraud, racketeering and corruption, has been postponed again thanks to delaying tactics. The...