More than 30 voters travelled by bus from the Omatako constituency in the Otjozondjupa region to Windhoek on Saturday to cast their votes at the TransNamib Hall polling station. The Khomas region is one of the few regions alongside the Oshana, Oshikoto and Kunene regions to have one or more identified polling stations that were...
SWAKOPMUND – The preliminary results of the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections for the Daures constituency are as follows: Presidential elections: Ambrosius Kumba – 13Bernadus Swartbooi – 349Epafras Mukwiilongo – 16Erastus Shuumbwa – 20Evilastus Kaaronda – 162Festus Thomas – 13Henk Mudge – 28Hendrik Gaobaeb – 950Job Amupanda – 50McHenry Venaani – 658Mike Kavekotora –...
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi on Saturday called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s chairperson Elsie Nghikembua, commissioners, and staff to resign. This comes after the ECN experienced several difficulties at the polls including polling stations running out of ballot papers, malfunctioning verification devices and some voters not getting the opportunity to vote in...
Namibian Police Force supremo, Inspector General Joseph Shikongo has commended the peaceful process in which Namibia’s elections, which began Wednesday and ended on Saturday, were held. In an interview at the TransNamib polling station in Windhoek on Saturday, Shikongo told Nampa the Namibian Police Force has been monitoring the situation across all 14 regions, via...
Eba Kandovazu Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Panduleni Itula, announced on Saturday that his party will not recognise or accept the results of the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. At an urgent press briefing, Itula called for the elections to be re-run, citing irregularities in the voting process, which commenced on Wednesday and...
Suzith Tjitaura KEETMANSHOOP – The Head of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM), Anne Makinda has commended Namibians people for maintaining a peaceful political environment during the pre-election period. Makinda, who made these remarks in her preliminary statement on the conduct of the Namibia 2024 Presidential and National Assembly Elections, urged...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Debmarine Desert Jewels and the national men’s netball teams are ready to participate in the Africa Netball Cup in Swakopmund this year. The country will once again host the games from 9-14 December 2024. “The girls have been training hard, incredibly hard. We’ve been in our training camp last weekend, working...
WASHINGTON – Outgoing US president Joe Biden is headed to the Southern African country of Angola this week, fulfilling a key promise in a bid to shore up ties with the continent. Biden, who will stay in the capital city Luanda from today to Wednesday, will be the first US president to visit the oil-rich...
PORT SUDAN – The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has called for immediate international action to address Sudan’s deepening crisis, highlighting the suffering of millions displaced by conflict. Tom Fletcher spoke with refugees during a nine-day visit to Sudan and Chad, vowing to amplify their plight and urge the world to provide greater support. “We are...
KYIV – The EU’s new foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas yesterday warned Georgian authorities over violence against demonstrators protesting the government’s decision to shelve its bid to join the bloc. “It is clear that using violence against peaceful protesters is not acceptable, and the Georgian government should respect the will of the Georgian people,” Kallas...