Vol 42 No 10 | NAMIBIA After Sam, maybe 18th May 2001 The founder of the third-term movement may just try for a fourth It is three years until Namibians must elect their next president, but already there is confusion about President Sam Nujoma's retirement. He pioneered Africa's 'third-term movemen...
Vol 41 No 23 | NAMIBIA It's party time 24th November 2000 The ruling parties of Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique would work together to root out agents of imperialism in Southern Africa, said South West Africa People...
Vol 41 No 18 | NAMIBIA Murderous border 15th September 2000 The new chief of the Namibia Defence Force is Major General Solomon 'Jesus' Hawala, which worries many Namibians (AC Vol 31 Nos 19 & 20). In the undeclared war along the north-...
Vol 41 No 14 | NAMIBIA Too dry for crops 7th July 2000 Redistribution sounds like a good idea until you look at the land itself Namibia's 4,000 white farmers have been shocked by the farm occupations in Zimbabwe. The farmers, mostly of Afrikaner or German ancestry, had felt safe under the government's polic...
Vol 41 No 2 | NAMIBIA SWAPO steamroller 21st January 2000 Peaceful elections are followed by worries about overspill from the Angola war Nobody expected President Sam Nujoma or his ruling South West African People's Organisation to lose the elections but SWAPO's victory was impressive. Putting down a marker was the ...
Vol 40 No 17 | NAMIBIA A hammer to a nut 27th August 1999 Caprivian rebels and the government both wield weapons to disturb the peace The Namibian government reacted with a heavy hand in early August when Caprivian secessionists mounted an armed raid on the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. The Caprivi Strip has ...
Vol 40 No 17 | NAMIBIA On the fringe of a war 27th August 1999 Mishake Muyongo leapt out of the obscurity of his Danish exile on 2 August when Caprivian separatists attacked Katima Mulilo. He says the raid on Caprivi's capital opens a struggl...
Vol 40 No 7 | NAMIBIA Ulenga's challenge 2nd April 1999 Ben Ulenga, who resigned last year as Namibia's High Commissioner to Britain in protest at intolerance in the ruling South West African People's Organisation, has helped launch a n...
Vol 40 No 1 | NAMIBIA Out on a limb 8th January 1999 Remote Caprivi is the route to Zambia and Zimbabwe and secessionism is growing Remote Caprivi is the route to Zambia and Zimbabwe and secessionism is growing The first real test of post-Independence national unity looms with the emergence of a secessionist mo...
Vol 40 No 1 | NAMIBIA Small but strategic 8th January 1999 The Caprivi Zipfel (Strip) is a 500-kilometre-long finger of land which connects north-eastern Namibia to Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is named after a German Chancellor, Gene...
