Swapo’s Hage Geingob swept to victory in Namibia’s recent presidential elections but internal divisions within the ruling party still haunt him.
By noon on Sunday Swapo presidential candidate Hage Geingob led with 84 percent of the roughly 10 percent of votes officially released so far.
Namibians are casting their votes in Africa’s first e-vote, with some hoping for a stronger opposition.
The high court ruling means that Namibia will be the first African country to use electronic voting machines in a general election.
Namibians will vote for a new president and parliament for the sixth time since the country’s independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
The EFF has responded angrily to three of its members being temporarily detained by immigration officials in Namibia while en route to an NEFF rally.
With state contracts galore, the youngsters are revelling in the sphere of influence they’re born into.
There is no ‘black gold’ that can be commercially exploited yet in Namibia, but exploration licences is making a few connected middlemen wealthy
Uruguayan facing charges in SA is linked to contentious dealings in both countries
Namibia’s utility is planning a bond sale in it’s own country as well as in South Africa to raise funding for its share of a $1.2-billion gas plant.
The recently launched "radical" Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters has already set strong anti-homosexuality and resource management agendas.
The commodities giant plans to cut a fifth of its workforce at a zinc mine in Namibia has been referred to the labour court.
Malawi, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia will hold crucial polls this year, writes Webster Zambara.
A South African is raking in millions from two projects that are costing Namibians a fortune.
Plants refuse to grow in Namibia’s fairy circles, and scientists are on a mission to find out why. No theory has been proven yet.
Rio Tinto’s Namibian miners are said to be dying of cancers after extracting uranium ore for the British and US military in the 1970s.
A series of missteps by justice officials have damaged the country’s relations with Poland.
We feature four HIV positive women in their 40s who fit the profile of a typical M&G reader.
Businessmen deny using ties with leading figures in the country to resist extradition
Observers say elections in Southern Africa this year are vulnerable to manipulation and misuse of the military to clamp down on opponents.
The plane’s captain had a "clear intention" to crash an airplane that went down in Namibia at the end of November, according to an investigation.
There are believed to be no survivors from the 34 passengers on board the plane that left Mozambique Friday morning and was found burnt on Saturday.
Unicef has reported that Namibians are facing the worst drought in 30 years – leaving a third of the population unsure about their next meal.
Just why the North Koreans have a headlock over all contracts to build national monuments in Namibia on a no-bid basis remains a mystery.
Namibia’s ministry of finance has taken the unusual step of advancing the tabling of the next financial budget a month earlier than usual.
Faced with poachers who are ravaging elephant and rhino populations, African nations could do worse than look to Namibia for a game plan.
Teachers have ignored a court order and they have joined forces with disgruntled nurses who were reined in by the state, writes John Grobler.
Divisions within Namibia’s ruling Swapo deepened this week after Prime Minister Nahas Angula withdrew from the presidential race.
The gloves have come off in Swapo in the increasingly acrimonious battle for the Namibian presidential nomination.
Rodwell Kasika Mukendwa was accused number 106 in the trial in which a remaining 110 men face 278 charges of high treason.
A ruling by the Namibian High Court brought by women who alleged they were sterilised by state against their will could open door for similar cases.
The discovery of a giant aquifer beneath the country’s most populous region has been amazing news, writes John Grobler.