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Namibia

Hage Gottfried Geingob

Date of Birth: 3 August 1941
Place of Birth: Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region
Died: 4 February 2024


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SWAPO's prospects lag behind economy

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 the ruling SWAPO Party can maintain its political dominance in the wake of damaging corruption scandals and a resurgent opposition...

1bn investment in an EU-Namibia strategic partnership ratified by the late President Hage Geingob and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in October...


Green hydrogen shoots

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 Ursula von der Leyen...


Legitimacy questions may spur talks

And on 6 September MPs in Namibia's parliament challenged President Hage Geingob's message of congratulations to Mnangagwa citing the critical verdict of the regional observer missions...


Windhoek gets tough on green resources

President Hage Geingob and his close ally mines minister Tom Alweendo have signalled their seriousness about obtaining the maximum benefit of minerals used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries by banning their export in raw form...


Oil boom poses governance risks

Shell and TotalEnergies' initial oil discoveries early last year prompted President Hage Geingob to announce the creation of the Welwitschia Fund a sovereign wealth fund managed by the Bank of Namibia which will be used to finance investment in the infrastructure with an initial capital of N$300 million (US$18m)...

He counts among his friends not only President Hage Geingob but former mines and energy minister and current National Planning Commission (NPC) director-general Obeth Kandjoze and the former justice minister and stalwart of the once powerful 'Omusati' clique within the party Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (AC Vol 47 No 5 Nujoma won't go)...


Western companies belatedly join critical minerals race

A former personal assistant to President Hage Geingob Hangula chaired the board of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and Namibia Desert Diamonds (Namdia) which markets Namibia's 15% share of diamonds produced by Namdeb the government-De Beers 50/50 joint venture...


Mswati digs in and defies SADC

Namibia's President Hage Geingob is the current chair of SADC's Troika on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation...


Geingob's party opponents gain

Despite calls for party unity the re-election of SWAPO Vice-President and Namibian president in waiting Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah continues to widen divisions with the previously dominant faction supporting current President Hage Geingob (AC Vol 63 No 24 Geingob's successor to inherit a divided SWAPO)...


Geingob's successor to inherit a divided SWAPO

Seven hundred delegates attend the seventh elective congress of the SWAPO Party in Windhoek on 25-27 November to elect the party's next vice-president and successor to President Hage Geingob...

When 'integrity' is a dirty word President Hage Geingob's unprecedented decision to oppose the re-election of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as party vice-president – which would virtually assure she succeeds him as state president in the 2024 election – is because she is standing as an 'integrity' candidate we hear...


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