Vol 56 No 7 | NAMIBIA Geingob goes for continuity 20th March 2015 The new President is putting the party to the fore in selecting his top team. He is pro-business, but pro-SWAPO first President-elect Hage Geingob has affirmed his loyalty to the SWAPO Party and his preference for continuity with his choices for the top political offices of Vice President, Prime M...
Vol 55 No 23 | NAMIBIA Geingob for a shoo-in 21st November 2014 Everything is going SWAPO’s way for a decisive victory in the elections on 28 November Other countries may be tiring of one-party states founded by leaders of anti-colonial armed movements but not, it seems, Namibia. The SWAPO Party – formerly the South West Af...
Vol 55 No 18 | NAMIBIA New faces wanted 12th September 2014 Although Prime Minister Hage Geingob got his way with controversial constitutional amendments, it looks as if he may have a crowd of radical SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) members...
Vol 55 No 17 | NAMIBIA Geingob goes for broke 29th August 2014 The Premier rushes through laws to give SWAPO more seats in Parliament and allow more political appointments Prime Minister Hage Geingob is pushing through wide-ranging constitutional changes which will increase his power when he becomes Namibia's next President. Geingob, who is also Vice...
Vol 55 No 5 | NAMIBIA How to spend it 7th March 2014 In stark contrast to the budgetary caution shown by South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, his Namibian counterpart, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, has raised state spending b...
Vol 55 No 2 | NAMIBIA Geingob at last 24th January 2014 In November, veteran SWAPO leader Hage Geingob will take over one of Africa’s most stable political systems Under outgoing President Hifikepunye Pohamba and the Prime Minister and president-to-be, Hage Geingob, the governing SWAPO Party approaches November’s general elections more ...
Vol 54 No 24 | NAMIBIA Katti goes for gold 28th November 2013 Knowledge Katti, the oil exploration millionaire and close associate of Prime Minister Hage Geingob, appears to be on the verge of another business coup. Katti represents one of tw...
Vol 54 No 23 | NAMIBIA Country for old men 14th November 2013 Hopes of a credible alternative to SWAPO in next year’s elections were dashed when last week’s congress of the Rally for Democracy and Progress ended in bitter recrimin...
Vol 54 No 16 | NAMIBIA Knowledge is power 1st August 2013 Canadian entrepreneur Duane Parnham has partnered with a well connected Namibian, Knowledge Katti, to make a bid for Navachab gold mine, which AngloGold Ashanti is selling as part ...
Vol 54 No 15 | NAMIBIA Youth check Geingob 18th July 2013 President Hifikepunye Pohamba and Prime Minister Hage Geingob have been trying to quell the rebellious SWAPO Party’s Youth League – but without much luck. In June, Prem...
