Vol 63 No 3 | 
            - NAMIBIA
 - 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...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Also at the conference  Geingob's likely successor as SWAPO presidential candidate in 2024  the party's Vice-President and Foreign Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  topped the list  confirming she is in pole position to be Namibia's next – and first female – head of state...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The presence of influential northerners in the cabinet  including Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and Geingob's most likely successor  the SWAPO Vice-President  International Relations and Cooperation Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  will ensure no measurable loss of support from SWAPO's Oshivambo and Kavango political heartlands...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Iivula-Ithana challenged Geingob's choice for the number-two slot he was vacating  Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  also International Relations and Cooperation Minister...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Outgoing Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila  originally a protégée of Nujoma's  is the new Prime Minister  with the last Foreign Affairs Minister  Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  becoming her deputy...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     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...