Opinion - Namibia has achieved historical significance. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is the country's first female ...

In a bold move, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has severely clipped the Cabinet, signalling her intent to prune costs and ...

SWAPO has already seen a decline, however. In Namibia's 2019 parliamentary elections, it lost its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly for the first time since independence in 1990.

NNN, as she is popularly known, is a long-time loyalist of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) that has governed Namibia since its independence from South Africa in 1990. SWAPO's ...

Previously in the post of vice president for a year, she is a veteran of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) that led the sparsely populated and uranium-rich country to independence ...

Ndaitwah, pledges to boost agricultural investments and diversify the economy to combat high unemployment. Her SWAPO party secured a victory amid falling public support due to unemployment and ...

Subsequently, on 3 December 2024, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia declared that the Swapo Party and ...

Today, on the 35 th anniversary of Namibia’s independence, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will be sworn in as the country’s president, having won the November 2024 presidential elections for the South West ...

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah presents herself as an implementer — can she meet the country’s high expectations and reverse Swapo’s decline? Today, on the 35th anniversary of Namibia’s ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swears in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won ...