Vol 44 No 3 | NAMIBIA Reluctant Herero 7th February 2003 The campaign for a fourth, so far unconstitutional, five-year term for President Sam Nujoma is increasingly orchestrated. It ranges from support from an influential group of Herero...
Vol 43 No 25 | NAMIBIA Son of Sam 20th December 2002 Nujoma's fourth term bid could at last split his party It's getting to be a habit. President Sam Nujoma, who said last year he would stand down at the end of his current term, has changed his mind and wants to stand again. The constitu...
Vol 43 No 25 | NAMIBIA Diamond poker 20th December 2002 The concentration of decision-making in the presidency was shown by the spectacular offer made by Maurice Tempelsman, a United States' diamond dealer, to President Sam Nujoma. To b...
Vol 43 No 17 | NAMIBIA Post Sam, more Sam 30th August 2002 The veteran President wants to pick his successor but can't quite fix it The longer leaders stay in office, the more they think themselves indispensable. Safiishuna Sam Nujoma helped found the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960, as ...
Vol 42 No 22 | NAMIBIA Nujoma – the movie 9th November 2001 The 'cult of Sam' is reaching new heights: you've seen the President, now watch the film. Local businesses have pledged 90,000 Namibian dollars(US$11,000) towards the N$20 million ...
Vol 42 No 17 | NAMIBIA Next, please 31st August 2001 Those who want to be President are emerging from the shadows. He who leads the South West African People's Organisation leads the nation and the party's leadership contest will com...
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...
