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SEVERAL recounts ordered in the northern regions yesterday delayed the release of election results there.
COVERAGE of the election process, especially with regard to counting and announcement of results, has been a debilitating experience for most of the media.
THE Office of the President says that President Hifikepunye Pohamba did not know about a new Mercedes Benz armoured limousine, reportedly worth over N$6 million, being ordered for him.
ELDERLY voters in the Omusati Region have called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to provide seating to old people in future elections, because they cannot stand for a long time.
WITH below-average rainfall predicted for this season, Windhoekers have welcomed the recent cloud cover, especially over the weekend, that has brought some respite from the heat and a few drops to combat the dust.
NAMIBIAN politics is set to get an extreme makeover - the opposition political landscape seems to have undergone a dramatic shift with a new official opposition emerging after two days of counting and verifying election results.
"It was like writing my first exam. I was nervous and didn't want to make a mistake. I must have checked the ballot 10 times."
SIX opposition parties are claiming that possible rigging of the election results could be taking place, following what they claim were a number of irregularities in the election process.
THE observer mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has declared Namibia's national and presidential elections free and fair, its leader, Mozambican Diplomatic Affairs Minister Francisco Madeira, said yesterday.
By 19h30 yesterday the Electoral Commission had released the following 11 constituencies' National Assembly Results:
SOMEONE said to me: "Bob you and Seth Boois were involved in early attempts for the development of professional football. Now that there is progress you have both disappeared."
THE first few hours of voting on Friday had all the makings of a typical election day.
EARLY election results were not available by lunchtime yesterday as indicated by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) the previous day, leaving the nation wondering why no official results had been announced by 18h00, although results had to be posted outside each polling station.
An estimated 70 per cent of the Karas Region's 54 168 registered voters cast their votes, the Election Commission of Namibia (ECN) chief at Keetmanshoop said.
IT is exactly nine hours left before the moment every Namibian has been waiting for.
POLL results lists from the different polling stations at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, which were put up outside the stations for people to see, were ripped off soon afterwards.
THE Khomas Nampol (KNVC) volleyball men and SKW women successfully defended their club championships titles in Windhoek recently.
THREE EU election observers were involved in a car crash in Windhoek on Saturday afternoon.
WELL, Mzamo shattered the glass ceiling on Wednesday night! OK, not exactly she punched her fist into a glass door, leaving one helluva cracking road map of her anger.
ANIMAL lovers have responded well to an appeal by the Cat Protection Society (CPS) in Windhoek to offer homes to dozens of rescued kittens.
THE Swapo Party will try to rig this weekend's elections to retain its grip on power, Republican Party president Henk Mudge said on Monday.
When the Kunene Region woke up to the first day of the much-anticipated 2009 elections, it was as though the heavens had heard a fervent prayer that one voter made two days before.
The Swapo Party Youth League on Saturday threw the ball back into the Rally for Democracy and Progress' court for any irregularities with the voters' roll.
The overwhelming turnout of voters in the Ohangwena Region surprised the election officials.
What causes people to have more than one sexual partner at a time? "Sexual desire and satisfaction"; "It is a cultural and social norm"; "Poverty and hunger; it's a way to survive." These are just some of the perspectives that came out when communities under four traditional authorities from the Caprivi region, in the Northeast of Namibia, came together to talk about what is known as "multiple and ...
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