Vol 44 No 21 | NAMIBIA Presidential stakes 24th October 2003 In the race to succeed Sam Nujoma, Foreign Affairs Minister Hidipo Hamutenya is far out in front Contenders for the presidency are stepping up their campaigns following the announcement that the governing South West Africa People's Organisation will hold an extraordinary party congress in May....
Vol 44 No 6 | NAMIBIA Hamutenya in the blocks 21st March 2003 Whether or not Nujoma is really going, the succession race has started Many Namibians, including key members of the ruling South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) are sceptical about President Sam Nujoma's latest pledge - made at the closing session...
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 traditional...
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...
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 bridge...
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...