Mr Pohamba's governing Swapo party got 74% of the parliamentary vote, maintaining its two-thirds majority. Eight of 13 opposition parties that took part in the vote have vowed to contest the results in court, alleging voting and counting irregularities.
The 15-nation bloc deployed 120 observers across Namibia for the presidential and parliamentary elections held on Friday and Saturday. The ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), in power since independence in 1990, faced a challenge from the breakaway Rally...
Windhoek :: Namibia
| updated Sun Nov 29 14:18:20 -0800 2009
| sports-news
Ronnie Mwisaka, Scot Olwoch, Jude Kirimundu, Michael Wokorach and Brian Kikawa scored tries while tournament MVP Benon Kiiza managed two conversions for the champions before James Kimono scored a consolation try for Kobs. �We played our best but Heathens were...
Windhoek :: Namibia
| updated Sun Nov 29 09:12:43 -0800 2009
| political-news
Long lines of voters packed polling places in Namibia on the second and final day of the country's national elections, observers said. After a smooth first round of voting Friday, residents again turned out for the presidential and parliamentary elections...
Namibians began voting on Friday in general elections expected to return the ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) to power, despite a tough challenge from a new breakaway party. Long queues formed outside voting stations across the country before...
Windhoek :: Namibia
| updated Sat Nov 28 13:06:49 -0800 2009
| political-news
Polling stations in Namibia closed late Saturday after two days of voting in national and presidential elections expected to return the long-ruling Swapo to power despite a tough challenge from a new breakaway party who denounced irregularities. "All polling stations...
Bobby Godsell has confirmed his resignation as chairperson of Eskom with Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan, he said in a statement on Monday. "During this last week the Eskom board has been able to act decisively," he said. "Government, particularly...
N$81 million a year will be injected into the Namibian economy if banks adhere to the Bank of Namibia's (BoN) deadline to drop their prime lending rates and home loan rates to 11,5 per cent by month-end. Enter your search...
Among all the recent TV "reimaginings" of old series, AMC’s The Prisoner has the opportunity to come off freshest. Unlike V or Melrose Place, The Prisoner updates a series that’s more than 40 years old, ran for only 17 episodes,...
Windhoek :: Namibia
| updated Sun Nov 15 00:56:53 -0800 2009
| entertainment-news
A remake of the 1960s TV series “The Prisoner” arrives 7 p.m...The new “Prisoner” miniseries is six hours long and airs on three consecutive nights...Six, who has been transported (maybe?) to an oppressively cheerful place called The Village, where the...
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