The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched its electoral observation mission in Namibia ahead of the 27 November elections. Head of the SADC Electoral Observation Mission Anne Makinda on Wednesday said Namibia’s elections are the last wave of voting…
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… IPC responds to claims of being funded by the British government Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) has dismissed suggestions that it is being funded by the British government as ‘Swapo propaganda’. IPC national general secretary Christine !Aochamus said yesterday…
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Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) board chairperson Nangula Hamunyela says the port’s asset base has grown from N$93 million to N$6.9 billion in the past 30 years. She said this at the Namport Annual Port Users and Stakeholders’ dinner at Walvis…
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Swapo’s presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has taken the lead in the national elections after securing 60% of preliminary votes in the National Assembly special election exercise on Wednesday. This was followed by Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) at 27% and…
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Ballot shortages at some polling stations, long queues and delays at some polling stations marred the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s (ECN) special voting exercise yesterday. ECN chairperson Elsie Nghikembua yesterday said the number of Namibian Police officers and Namibian Defence…
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Swapo has recorded run away victories in the //Kharas region during the special voting. Special voting for the Namibia Defence Force, Correctional Services, and Namibian Police force took place at three polling points in ǃNamiǂNûs, Oranjemund, and Keetmanshoop Urban on…
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Chaos erupted on Wednesday at the Windhoek West special polling station when voters became increasingly impatient and disruptive, leading to tear gas being released into the crowd to calm them down. Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo on Wednesday evening said…
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More than 7 000 children in Namibia are living with HIV-AIDS, the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health and Social Services shows. The statistics released yesterday covers the better part of 2023. The number of new HIV infections…
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A non-profit healthcare organisation catering to communities in need, together with the gay dating app Grindr, is offering app users free at-home HIV self-testing kits. IntraHealth Namibia says this is part of the Grindr for Equality programme aimed at addressing…
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Some polling stations around the country need additional ballot papers as the turnout was more than expected. This was confirmed by Electoral Commission of Namibia spokesperson De Wet Siluka on Wednesday afternoon. “They got ballot papers from other polling stations,”…
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Windhoek City Police officers will not be voting with the rest of the security cluster in Namibia’s special voting exercise on Wednesday. This was confirmed by Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) spokesperson De Wet Siluka. “They are not part of…
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Namibian police chief Joseph Shikongo says they will send out 5 000 officers countrywide during the 27 November elections. “We will deploy 5 000 officers on election day,” he says. Shikongo on Wednesday addressed the media after casting his vote.…
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