WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA: VICE President Dr Philip Mpango has arrived in Windhoek, Namibia, where he will represent President Samia ...

Food security a rising concern By the end of 2020, the National Strategic Food Reserve (NSFR) held only 14% of its total 22 900 tonne capacity, according to a report from the agriculture ministry.

Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has raised concern over the apparent failure of local agricultural projects.Speaking at a recent memorial service for founding president Sam Nujoma, Pohamba ...

EENHANA - The northern parts of Namibia, particularly Oshana, Ohangwena and Omusati, came to a standstill last week as scores of people, united by collective grief and love, converged to pay their ...

The Namibian High Commission in Ghana has held a memoriam to mourn its Founding President, Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, and ...

Swapo veteran Jerry Ekandjo says the chronic disregard of the party’s constitution by its leaders originated with its former president Hifikepunye Pohamba when he ...

IT WAS A PRIVILEGE … Late founding president Sam Nujoma’s former bodyguard Nepando Amupanda reflects on the loss of a remarkable leader. Amupanda began serving […] ...

He was only 75 years old when he handed power to Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2005. Though he remained available to his successors for advice and loyal counsel, Nujoma used his retirement to read for ...

Sam Nujoma, who led a three-decade-long fight for Namibia's independence from apartheid South Africa, has died aged 95, the ...

His handpicked successor Hifikepunye Pohamba took over as president in 2005. But Nujoma was still seen as the power behind the throne and did not officially retire from politics for another two years.

But, he was adamant that his long-time confidante Hifikepunye Pohamba would become his successor. A heavy-handed approach to bulldoze him through resulted in a break-away new party. Nujoma ...