The fact that President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (NNN) 72 is a woman as well as SWAPO's focus on female empowerment undoubtedly helped along with her promise to spend 85 billion Namibian dollars (US$5bn) creating 500 000 new jobs by 2029...
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Results from over 65% of votes counted on 3 December the electoral commission's portal give Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah – also known as NNN - of the SWAPO Party around 55% of the vote above though not decisively the 50% threshold needed to avoid a second round...
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Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (known as NNN) was swimming against the regional tide as she campaigned to become Namibia's first female head of state in the parliamentary and presidential elections on 27 November...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (NNN) became the party's choice as presidential candidate after her election as party vice-president at the 2017 SWAPO Congress the first woman to serve in that position...
SWAPO pins its electoral hopes on foreign affairs and international cooperation minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah after as promised the 82-year-old Mbumba hands her the baton...
Geingob will have served the maximum two terms as president in 2024 so current Vice-President foreign minister and Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will stand for the presidency for the ruling party...
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)...
Three candidates are running for SWAPO's vice-presidency: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah 70 is SWAPO's current vice-president deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation...
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...
SWAPO Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has retained her party post and is lined up to become its first-ever female presidential candidate in November 2024...
Vol 63 No 3 |
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- ICELAND
The current SWAPO Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appears to be in pole position to be SWAPO's pick for 2024 and by extension Namibia's next president...
Parliament in which the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia has 63 of the 96 NA voting members will then debate whether to accept the deal before it can be formally signed off by Maas and Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah...