Laudatory tributes and commendations poured into the Republic of Namibia over the weekend in the aftermath of the announcement of the passing of Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, the co-founder of the Ovamboland People’s Organization (OPO), the predecessor to the Southwest Africa People’s Organizati
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Both South Africa’s and Namibia’s governing parties are set to hold elective congresses before the end of this year. Those who win the leadership contests will each lead their respective parties into a general election in 2019 as their presidential candidate.
Tagged under Democracy & Governance Freedom Charter, ANC, SWAPO, Jacob Zuma, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hage Geingob
The last public appearance of Kenneth Abrahams was at a socialist conference in Windhoek in September 2012, where he delivered a long tribute to his former comrade, Neville Alexander.
Visitors to “the land of wide open spaces”, as Namibia is successfully promoted to tourists, will be impressed by what they see.
Since coming to political power, the anticolonial movements of Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa have remained in control of the former settler colonies’ societies. At best their track record of running the countries they helped liberate is mixed.
Tagged under Democracy & Governance ZANU-PF, Robert Mugabe, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela, Eduardo dos Santos, SWAPO