No previous presidential votes in Namibia have gone to a second round. May 26. On March 1st 1964 Mzee S Kaukungwa, 4 other comrades and I left Okanghudi, my home, for Tanganyika via Bechuanaland, (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia. Nujoma was born to a peasant family in the remote Ongandjera region of Owambo (Ovamboland) and spent his early years tending the familys few cattle and goats. The southern African nations economy has contracted in the last two financial years. The Vice-President is also a member of the National Assembly and the Cabinet. The OCCRP/Namibian investigation also implicates the personal lawyer of Geingob, Sisa Namandje. He additionally demands that an Enlarge Extraordinary Congress be held as soon as possible before 25 March 2022 to change the articles which he says are a destruction to the party and its future leadership. In addition I was ordered to leave Oukwanyama area. Only one woman has been elected head of state in Africa, that being Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. The prime minister is appointed by the President of Namibia and co-ordinates the work of the Cabinet. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). We however dont know whether he is being groomed for the upcoming elections or other elections. In 2012, he was re-elected as Prime Minister until his presidential victory in 2015. Reporting by Nyasha Nyaungwa; Editing by Giles Elgood. During a prolonged party congress that ended Monday night, members of Namibias ruling Swapo party re-elected Netumbo-Nandi Ndaitwah, the countrys deputy prime minister, as its vice president. In 1979 I was appointed Officer (overall) in charge of SWAPO Affairs/Activities in Zambia. [1] Pre-colonial history As early as 25 000 B.C., the first humans lived in the Huns Mountains in the South of Namibia. I served as Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources and as Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation. THE 2022 Swapo congress slated for November will elect a new party leadership, but most importantly, it will nominate the Swapo candidate for the countrys Presidential election in 2024 to succeed President Hage Geingob. South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. Speaking to VOA, Ndaitwah said she is prepared to lead. The tribal senior headmen acting on the instruction of a white South African Bantu Commissioner stationed at Oshikango sentenced me to be flogged 24 strokes with a branch of a Makalani tree. Ndilimani Trust owned a series of companies that were active in the countrys fishing industry. Fishcor bought the land intended for the proposed factory from Etale Properties whose shareholders include Curzola Island Investments for 160 million Namibian dollars ($13m). Other articles where Hage Geingob is discussed: Namibia: Independence: term as president, Prime Minister Hage Geingob was SWAPO's presidential candidate. He has been a councilor and member of the South-West Africa People's Organization since 2004. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. In remarks to the party's top organ, the president called on party members to support Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah when official campaigns begin next year. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. If Kapofi is being groomed by Geingob, he first need to convince Pohamba, who seems to have put his money on Ndaitwah, who will be the first woman president for Namibia, if she succeeds to become the Swapo Presidential candidate and eventually win the 2024 election. In August 1998, the president made use of his authority as . I Hifikepunye Pohamba, ID Number 35081800430 was a member of OPO. Namibia's President Hage Geingob on Saturday named Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the sole candidate for the ruling Swapo party in next year's elections. Hage Geingob was voted in as president in the November 2014 elections while serving as prime minister. He later announced that he would not run for a fourth term, and in 2005 he stepped down from office, allowing for a peaceful transfer of power to his democratically elected successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba (SWAPO). A holding company, Ndilimani Trust (meaning dynamite trust in Oshiwambo, the most widely spoken Indigenous language of Namibia) was set up and controlled by Shanghala and Hatuikulipi. In 1997 I was elected SWAPO Party Secretary General at 2nd Congress of SWAPO Party held in Windhoek. He is the founding President of the Republic of Namibia. More than 700 delegates descended upon the capital for the party congress. Presidents of Namibia (1990-present) Picture Name (Birth-Death) Elected Took office Left office Political Party 1 Sam Nujoma (1929-) 1989 1994 1999: 21 March 1990 . Live at Woodlands Stadium Lusaka. See if you can get into the grid Hall of Fame ! Let us not forget that he still has to earn the support of other people in the Party. The newly-revealed alleged corruption scheme saw Shanghala and Hatuikulipi take advantage of recent amendments to Namibias fishing laws which the Fishrot investigation had exposed as being the work of Shanghala in collusion with Hatuikulipi reforming the regulations concerning who could be awarded fishing quotas. The lawyer, who is not named by the OCCRP, claims that Hage Geingob elected as President of Namibia in 2014 and re-elected in 2019 allegedly asked James Hatuikulipi, then chairman of the state-owned fishing company Fishcor, to set up an elaborate corporate structure in order to siphon public funds generated from the countrys lucrative fishing resources. After 1989 Elections I became a member of the Constituent Assembly. VideoSee inside Jenin refugee camp after Israeli operation, Anxiety and anger over Fukushima nuclear waste plan, Fifty bodies unclaimed weeks after India rail crash, Palestinians fear escalation after Jenin assault, Cuba turns to old ally Russia to tackle fuel crisis, 'For the politicians of France, we are nothing', The battalion of black women erased from history, 'Dozens of Indian men have rejected me over dowry'. The position is controversial due to its unclear portfolio. Former president of Namibia Sam Nujoma meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, not pictured, at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 5, 2010. For now, I have not even been made aware, Kapofi stated. The wordgames anagrams, crossword, Lettris and Boggle are provided by Memodata. Geingob later married Loini Kandume, a businesswoman, on September 11, 1993, in Windhoek. Lettris is a curious tetris-clone game where all the bricks have the same square shape but different content. According to an affidavit made by Namandje to Namibias Anti-Corruption Commission, the money was intended as a donation for SWAPOs 2017 Congress activities. He spent several years abroad promoting the idea of independence for what was then known as South West Africa. As the Presidency in Namibia is restricted to two terms, President Hifikepunye Pohamba was due to step down in 2015, and Geingob, as SWAPO Vice-President, took his place as SWAPOs presidential candidate. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1960. Dr Geingob, who was born in 1941, became prime minister when Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990 and served in that position until 2002. One of these proxy companies was African Selection Fishing Namibia, which in January 2017 entered into a public-private joint venture as a majority shareholder with the state-owned fishing company Fishcor, whose chairman at the time was Hatuikulipi. In the case of Geingob, he brought back Swapos flag from exile and was the Director of the partys election machinery during the first democratic elections supervised by the United Nations. Geingob won easily, with 86.73 percent of the vote, and SWAPO won an overwhelming majority in the parliamentary vote. Peter Katjavivi Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah The president of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia. Seats are allocated using the largest remainder method.[4]. It also lost control of key municipalities, including the capital Windhoek, the port towns of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, and several regional councils. Amongst the delegates were observers from nearby countries, such as Mike Bimha, national political commissar for Zimbabwes ZANU-PF party. Boggle gives you 3 minutes to find as many words (3 letters or more) as you can in a grid of 16 letters. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. It could be that he was being groomed. No previous presidential votes in Namibia have gone to a second round. Geingob served as the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 1990 to 2002, when Namibia gained independence from South Africa. Why should I be the one? However, those pushing for Kapofi belief that supporters of Netumbo will be amenable to throw their weight behind they younger Kapofi. If there are people who want to nominate me they must talk to me and they must tell me why they want to do it. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1960. He subsequently worked as a clerk and a store assistant. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hage_Geingob, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Former President of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of Namibia. Just recently, Swapo lawyer Dirk Conradie said that the amendment of Swapos constitution will only be possible through constitutional provisions pertaining to the procedural requirements. Change the target language to find translations. All deny wrongdoing. According to bank records analysed by OCCRP, front companies set up by SWAPO proxies transferred $4.5m through this scheme between July 2017 and November 2018. While in the North we joined the regional party 1eadership and resumed participation in Party activities. The incumbent Vice President Netumbo Nandi- Ndaitwah is the automatic candidate for the position, according to the election rules of Swapo, but things may change and upset the tradition. Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma, [1] ( / nujom /; born 12 May 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Politics and government of Video, See inside Jenin refugee camp after Israeli operation, Disney star and pop singer Coco Lee dies at 48, Actor released from prison in sex-trafficking case, Just Stop Oil protests interrupt Wimbledon twice, Ten sent to jail in India for lynching Muslim man, Adele issues warning to fans throwing objects, Kevin Spacey grabbed man like a cobra, court hears, Iran faces legal action over downing of Ukraine jet, UK Special Forces at centre of Afghan war crimes inquiry, Netherlands bans mobile phones in classrooms.