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Nazeem Dramat
A year of elections
Ruling parties romped to victory in five elections held in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) last year, which also ushered in the end of the presidential terms of…
Pohamba proves surprisingly popular
One of the biggest surprises of the Namibian elections has been that Hifikepunye Pohamba, the South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) presidential candidate, polled more…
Swapo poised for landslide victory
Namibia’s South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) is set for another landslide election victory in what has been a dour election, with low-key campaigning. With only a…
How ANC plotted NP’s death
Ironically, the New National Party may have thrown in the towel too soon. Some officials in the African National Congress argue that the NNP should have waited until after next…
Swaziland in ‘deep crisis’
Amnesty International has sounded a warning of a ”profound humanitarian crisis” in Swaziland, a state it slates for its poor human rights record where the king and his royal…
How SA backed Zimbabwe lie
South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma backed Zimbabwean government moves to stifle an explosive report on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe at the…