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Nandi-Ndaitwah Could Become Namibia's First Female President

4 months agoMon, 25 Nov 2024 13:40:19 GMT
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Nandi-Ndaitwah Could Become Namibia's First Female President

Namibia’s Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah could become the country’s first female president if she wins the presidential election on Wednesday, November 27.

At least 1.4 million people, or about half of the population, have registered to vote in the elections, with 15 political parties running for president and seats in the National Assembly.

Results from special early polls held for Namibia’s foreign missions, seamen and security services announced by the Electoral Commission of Namibia this month indicate that Nandi-Ndaitwah and her party, the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO), are in the lead.

SWAPO has governed Namibia since its independence from South Africa’s apartheid minority government in 1990.

In 2019, SWAPO lost its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly for the first time since 1994, largely due to allegations of corruption and money laundering in the Namibian fishing industry.

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Political analyst Henning Melber believes SWAPO and Nandi-Ndaitwah must heed the 2019 election results as a warning.

Nandi-Ndaitwah (71) has promised to create more jobs and tackle the 20% unemployment rate for young people and graduates, pledging to spend approximately 85 billion Namibian dollars ($4.7 billion) over the next five years to create more than 500,000 jobs.

Issues affecting women, including reproductive rights, equal pay, and healthcare, are likely to be significant for voters.

If elected, Nandi-Ndaitwah would follow in the footsteps of Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Malawi’s Joyce Banda, and Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic as a female president in Africa.

SWAPO will face competition from the Independent Patriots for Change, led by former dentist Panduleni Itula, and university professor Job Amupanda’s Affirmative Repositioning party.

Political parties contesting the elections wrapped up their campaigns with final rallies this weekend.

Elections in southern Africa this year have delivered ground-breaking changes to the region’s political landscape.

In South Africa, the ANC lost its 30-year parliamentary majority, while Botswana’s Democratic Party was unseated after 58 years in power.

Disputed election results in Mozambique, which saw the ruling FRELIMO party declared the winner, have led to ongoing protests that have seen at least 30 people killed.

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30 Comments

kiv · 4 months ago
murikuitwa ne opposition mhamha
Jah🇿🇼Tsvarie-07 · 4 months ago
Going to war doesn't mean leadership, its a job like any other jobs, let people have choice like those who chose to go to war...
Conley · 4 months ago
kanotongeiko kambuya ikaka ngakatibvire kaende kanochengeta vazukuru nonsense
at yoyoyi · 4 months ago
u a waste 🚮 useless human cat
Zilo · 4 months ago
Simon Chidhuza our zim artist he's like Hwenje there Performing at Swapo rallies
Z · 4 months ago
I WISH YOU COMRADE MADAM VP. MAYBE THE TREND OF FEMALES TAKING OVER AFRICA WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT POLITICAL IMPACT. IN ZIMBABWE OPPAH KASHIRI MUCHINGURI IS MY IMMIDIATE TRUMP CARD. WE NEED A LEADERSHIP WITH WAR CREDENTIALS AND REAL REVOLUTIONARY CADRE LIKE CDE CHAIRMAN OPPAH NOT WESTERN SPONSORED IMPERIALIST PUPPETS. REAL DEFENDERS OF THE GAINS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE AND THE PERSIVED SACRED GOALS OF OUR LIBERATION. WE WISH SWAPO A BIG WIN. LIKE THE ANC FRELIMO MPLA THEY ARE OUR ALLIES. WE SHARE THE SAME HISTORIC BACKGROUND AND FUTURE IDEAS OF IMPROVING AND SAFEGUARDING OUR PEOPLE'S HOPES AND DREAMS.
zizi · 4 months ago
congratulations babone ukuthi wena uyenza abakufunayo
pedege · 4 months ago
Nyika haitongwe nevanhu vanemaburi Ndaitwah i**** raHakainde
Vic Venom · 4 months ago
Vic Venom hopes Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wins the Namibian presidential election and continue the marvelous work of her party SWAPO...This win would signal the egalitarian nature of the modern African society and put the misogynistic incels and s.exists firmly in their place...The future of the world and Africa in particular is female and this is just a sign of the changing of the tide....The religious fundamentalist and bigots will have nowhere to hide as the new wave arrives...Rant over sanity restored
The HEARTIST💯 · 4 months ago
Right!!!, if a man becomes a president his wife's title will be the first lady and wat if a woman becomes a president???.....
Tango · 4 months ago
A man is called first gentleman
Walos · 4 months ago
Is Samia Uhulu also not the current African President of Tanzania?
Dambudzo · 4 months ago
Zita iro vanonyepa
Mp · 4 months ago
Mai Chisamba 2028. president
zig · 4 months ago
Kutongwa nemunhu ane MHA. ta anoenda kumaperiods hazviti aaaàh.
🌵🐨🦀🐞🌶️🍺🗺️🎯🕶️💣 · 4 months ago
SWAPO hapana hapana
fugu pfeee · 4 months ago
mai Ndaitwah kkkkkkkkkk
Kamoto · 4 months ago
It's obvious that she might win because women equality is essential for good governance
Gone with the Wind · 4 months ago
congrats
dinosaur · 4 months ago
zvekutongwa nevakadzi itai mega🚮
African Observer · 4 months ago
Ah ehedee itai tione ukaona murume achi vhotera zvakadai haiwawo murume type iya inonzi na madam koitaika yoti ndakaneta on a regular basis. Ku America uko vanozviti champions of democracy but vari busy havo killing innocent Palestinians taitoti zvmwe pada kamara harisi achapinda pachigaro zve hanty kuzere ma feminists nema shemale here kuya but povho yakati aiwa kweteka hatinga tungamirirwe nemutungamiri ane chinhukadzi nyika inoenda mudondo worse. akomana zvenyu zvamuri kuita izvi zvekuisa women in more leadership positions zviri against the spoken word.
Peter Chikomba · 4 months ago
you can say that again
Alibaba · 4 months ago
women are there to produce kids and cook for blazo
🌄🧱🍓🎊💞🍒🏆🍑🌽🍕👙 · 4 months ago
woman always blame man for poor decision making/government now let us try them [woman]if they can lead us to better life.give them a chance to prove themselves.hoyo chimuti ndechenyu Mrs Nandi-Ndaitwah.it is a history to be recorded and we want to see how you treat men when you are in power.
Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
Female President waitwah nani ndati ndiYoyoyo anogona kuita

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