Vol 46 No 22 | NAMIBIA Peace for now 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...
Vol 46 No 19 | NAMIBIA Hamutenya returns 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...
Vol 46 No 17 | NAMIBIA Pohamba's graft test 26th August 2005 Will the President punish his predecessor's protégé, caught in a financial scandal? A serious fraud has been uncovered by a judicial probe into the misuse of 30 million Namibian dollars (US$4.6 mn.) of state funds by local asset managers Avid...
Vol 46 No 15 | NAMIBIA Diamond battles 22nd July 2005 The diamond war between Israeli magnate Lev Leviev and South African giant De Beers is heating up again in Namibia, a year after Leviev's LLD Diamonds Namibia subsidiary...
Vol 46 No 6 | NAMIBIA Who's in charge? 18th March 2005 The ruling South West African People's Organisation is riven by quarrels, as President Sam Nujoma gets ready to hand over to Hifikepunye Pohamba on 21 March. Pohamba's difficulties...
Vol 46 No 5 | NAMIBIA Power to the party 4th March 2005 The President-elect must balance his predecessor's weight against his party's mood Hifikepunye Pohamba's mandate seemed clear when the 15-16 November presidential election awarded him 76 per cent of the vote. But it is not that simple. First, the outgoing...