Namibia could have its first feminine chief after Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wins presidential election

The South West Africa Individuals’s Organisation (SWAPO) presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. File
| Picture Credit score: SIMON MAINA

Namibia has elected its first feminine chief, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday (December 3, 2024) of final week’s presidential election because the long-ruling get together stays in energy.

The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah gained with 57% of the vote, in line with official outcomes, defying predictions that she could be pressured right into a runoff. Her ruling SWAPO get together has had a 34-year maintain on energy since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.

Nandi-Ndaitwah was a member of the underground independence motion in Namibia within the Seventies. She was promoted to vp in February after President Hage Geingob died whereas in workplace.

Opposition events have rejected the outcomes after the election was marred by technical issues, together with shortages of poll papers and different points, inflicting election officers to increase voting till Saturday (November 30, 2024). The opposition events say the extension was unlawful and they’re going to problem the leads to court docket.