DISPATCHES
Pundits expect the November polls – the first since the death of President Hage Geingob in February – to be closely fought as the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia (SWAPO) struggles following a series of recent corruption scandals (AC Vol 65 No 10 SWAPO's prospects lag behind economy)...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
President Hage Geingob won with only 56% in 2019 down from 87% in 2014...
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)...
Vol 64 No 10 |
- NAMIBIA
- MINING
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...
Namibia's President Hage Geingob is the current chair of SADC's Troika on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation...
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)...