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 a...
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 budget...
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...
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 movement' (applicants: Presidents...
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's...
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...
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 policy...
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...
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...