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/ 11 December 2009
A 75% majority for Namibia’s ruling party in this year’s election has raised eyebrows.
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/ 4 December 2009
Chaos because of the administrative incompetence of the Electoral Commission of Namibia has delayed the final results of the elections.
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/ 20 November 2009
A new opposition party could score votes from disillusioned ‘born-frees’, writes John Grobler.
A week after a scandal of a kickback scheme involving Chinese scanners broke in local media, the chief of the Namibian Defence Force was suspended.
In another example of sharp Chinese diplomatic elbows in Africa it has emerged that Namibia was overcharged for the installation of a rail link.
Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested two people in a case that is set to engulf Hu Haifeng, the eldest son of China’s President Hu Jintao
A proposed ”Big Brother clause” has been included in Namibia’s long-awaited Communications Bill, setting off a storm of protest.
What was supposed to be a retirement benefit for 62 Namibian freedom fighters, imprisoned during the apartheid era, has turned into a legal quagmire.
The Caprivi Strip’s tourism industry has been particularly hard hit, with only one lodge in Katima Mulilo still open.
First the long knives were out for Namibia’s President Hifikepunye Pohamba, now they are willing to fall on their swords and die for him.