Political interference is threatening the independence of Namibia’s media, a local research firm has said. Tannan Groenewald, head of data and analytics at Cirrus, says Namibia has lost its status as the country with the freest press in Africa. According…
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Political analyst Ndumba Kamwanyah says politicians and public officials should be transparent about their health to assure the public they are capable of carrying out their duties. Kamwanyah was speaking in response to the suspension of Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)…
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The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) party has condemned the suspension of Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) executive editor senior editor Anna Nicodemus. AR says the broadcaster does not exist to serve political interests. AR public relations team member Onesmus Iyambo said this…
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The Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) has condemned the suspension of Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) executive editor and journalist Anna Nicodemus, calling it a direct attack on press freedom. This was said by the union’s acting secretary general, Jemima Beukes,…
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The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has suspended an executive editor of the public broadcaster, Anna Nicodemus, following remarks about president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s health that she made in an interview with South African news channel Newzroom Afrika. Nicodemus confirmed her suspension…
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Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has taken the lead in congratulating Namibia’s president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Nandi-Ndaitwah etched her name in the annals of history by becoming Namibia’s first woman president and Africa’s second elected female head…
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Nearly 28 000 ballots cast in Namibia’s presidential and National Assembly elections have been rejected by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). According to results announced by the ECN late yesterday, 14 830 ballots out of 1 039 538 votes…
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Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi is leading in the presidential election in both the Gibeon and Daweb constituencies in the Hardap region. In Gibeon, Swartbooi tops with 1 544 (49.84%) votes and in Daweb, he is leading with…
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Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has taken over the Rehoboth East Urban and Rehoboth Rural constituencies in the presidential elections ballot. Nandi-Ndaitwah won with 3 372 votes (46.14%) in Rehoboth East Urban and 1 741 (52.53%) in the Rehoboth Rural…
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Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Panduleni Itula has received 39.9% of votes cast in the presidential election in the Khomasdal constituency in Windhoek. Itula received 6 211 votes, followed by Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah with 5 617 votes…
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Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has taken the lead in the race to State House, early results released by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) yesterday show. Ruling party to lose parliamentary dominance Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah 78 208 Panduleni Itula 45…
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The Swapo party of Namibia’s presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, is leading in 10 constituencies with 33 048 votes for the presidential ballot preliminary results. This was announced by Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson Elsie Nghikembua during a media briefing…
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