Newly sworn in Swapo member of parliament Fenny Tutjavi says young people are not a charity, and will not accept tokenism.What they want is deliberate inclusion."We are not waiting for tomorrow, we ...

Namibia’s new president was sworn in on Friday to lead a country facing high rates of unemployment, inequality and poverty.

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.

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 independence ...

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 ...

Subsequently, on 3 December 2024, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia declared that the Swapo Party and its presidential candidate had gained the majority vote and declared ...

Namibia marked a milestone in its history on March 21, when Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as the country’s first female president. At 72, she joins a small group of female African national ...

Here are five things to know about the leader of this stable and mineral-rich country of around three million people in the ...

Windhoek: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been sworn in as the first female president of Namibia after winning the 2024 elections.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made history on March 21, 2025, as she was sworn in as Namibia’s first female president, reaching the ...

Nandi-Ndaitwah secured 58 percent of the vote in the chaotic November elections, which were extended several times after logistical failures led to major delays.