Leading contenders include the current Foreign Affairs Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah a close ally of Geingob's and the Home Affairs Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana...
His supporters such as Trade and Industry Minister Calle Schlettwein and Foreign Affairs Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah came safely near the top...
A Southern African Development Community electoral observer mission led by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Namibia's Foreign Minister ‘took note of the uniqueness of the electoral system' before congratulating Swazis ‘on their orderly and peaceful elections'...
Hamutenya Hartmut Ruppel and Information and Broadcasting Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah probably voted against expulsion but the Central Committee then endorsed it...
Hamutenya's group is led by former cabinet ministers Jesaya Nyamu (Nujoma secured his expulsion from SWAPO last December) and Hartmut Ruppel; Nicky Iyambo Minister of Agriculture; Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and former National Assembly Speaker Mose Tjitendero...
Among Hamutenya's campaign team are: Trade and Industry Minister Jesaya Nyamu from the second largest Oshivambo sub-group the Ndonga; Women's Affairs Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Kaire Mbuende from the pro-SWAPO Mbanderu-Herero who is tipped for prime minister under Hamutenya...
