BEST OF AFRICA – CHANGE HAS COME FOR NAMIBIA AS IT ELECTS IS FIRST FEMALE

PRESIDENT
 NETUMBO NANDI-NDAITWAH OF NAMIBIA’S RULING SWAPO PARTY HAS
BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT AND WILL BE THE COUNTRY’S FIRST FEMALE
LEADER, RESULTS RELEASED BY THE COUNTRY’S ELECTORAL COMMISSION
SHOWED ON TUESDAY. NANDI-NDAITWAH, 72, IS THE CURRENT VICE
PRESIDENT.
 HER VICTORY WILL EXTEND SWAPO’S 34 YEARS IN POWER SINCE IT LED
NAMIBIA TO INDEPENDENCE FROM APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA IN 1990. SHE
RECEIVED ROUGHLY 57% OF VALID VOTES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE,
ACCORDING TO A BREAKDOWN GIVEN BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF
NAMIBIA.
 NANDI-NDAITWAH NEEDED TO SECURE MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES TO
SECURE A WIN.
 WE ARE JOINED BY AFRICAN ANALYST AND PRODUCER AT CHANNEL AFRICA,
NIXON KATEMBO TO TELL US MORE.

BEST OF AFRICA – CHANGE HAS COME FOR NAMIBIA AS IT ELECTS IS FIRST FEMALE
PRESIDENT  NETUMBO NANDI-NDAITWAH OF NAMIBIA’S RULING SWAPO PARTY HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT AND WILL BE THE COUNTRY’S FIRST FEMALE LEADER, RESULTS RELEASED BY THE COUNTRY’S ELECTORAL COMMISSION SHOWED ON TUESDAY. NANDI-NDAITWAH, 72, IS THE CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT.  HER VICTORY WILL EXTEND SWAPO’S 34 YEARS IN POWER SINCE IT LED NAMIBIA TO INDEPENDENCE FROM APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA IN 1990. SHE RECEIVED ROUGHLY 57% OF VALID VOTES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, ACCORDING TO A BREAKDOWN GIVEN BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF NAMIBIA.  NANDI-NDAITWAH NEEDED TO SECURE MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES TO SECURE A WIN.  WE ARE JOINED BY AFRICAN ANALYST AND PRODUCER AT CHANNEL AFRICA, NIXON KATEMBO TO TELL US MORE.

Best Mornings with DJ Sabby, Kandis Kardash, Owen Hannie and Zandile Hopa. 

Best Mornings with DJ Sabby, Kandis Kardash, Owen Hannie and Zandile Hopa.&nbsp;