Hidipo Hamutenya
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Cronyism, unemployment and weak opposition: Namibia votes
Namibians will vote for a new president and parliament for the sixth time since the country’s independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
Swapo wins again
Hopes by nine Namibian opposition parties to force an annulment of last year’s November election were dashed on Thursday.
Namibia tightens screws on media ahead of polls
The cancellation of a popular phone-in show on Namibia’s national broadcaster has raised fears that the ruling party is clamping down on media freedom
Swapo rally shadowed by new party threat
Namibia’s ruling Swapo party started its fourth annual congress in Windhoek on Tuesday, an event dominated by former president Sam Nujoma’s retirement from active politics and…
Former Swapo stalwart launches new political party
A former Cabinet minister and senior stalwart of Nambia’s ruling party, Hidipo Hamutenya, launched a new movement in Namibia on Saturday, promising a different political vision…