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For the first time in the history of the African country Namibia, a woman has been elected President. Ntumbo Nandi-Ndaitawa has created history by winning a big victory in the elections. Ndaitawa is currently the Vice President of the country and has been in politics for a long time. He joined the SWAPO party in the 1960s.
A big change has taken place in the small African country Namibia. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitawa has the distinction of being the country’s first female President. Nandi-Ndaitawa, who played an important role in the freedom struggle, will now become the fifth President of Namibia. He is from the ruling SWAPO party, which won more than 57% of the vote in the presidential election, far more than the 50% needed to win. On the other hand, his rival Panduleni Itula of Patriots for Change (IPC) trailed with 26% votes.
Active in politics since independence
Namibia gained independence from South African rule in 1990. Nandi Naidatwa has been a member of the Parliament of Namibia since its independence. He is currently the Vice President. He has held many important ministries in his political career. His party SWAPO i.e. South West Africa People’s Organization has been in power since then. Nandi-Nadaitawah were also detained for being active in the independence movement. After which he continued to work with SWAPO in Zambia and Tanzania for some years. The elections held in November were a test of SWAPO’s 34-year hold on power as the IPC gained greater support from the younger generation. The youth were supporting the IPC Party because the IPC Party was more concerned about unemployment and inequality than SWAPO.
Allegations of election fraud
Voting was extended to November 30 due to technical issues, including ballot paper shortages. On the first day of voting, some voters left the polls after waiting for 12 hours. Panduleni Itula has refused to accept the election results, accusing Ndaitawa’s party of rigging the election process. According to a Namibian newspaper, most opposition parties in Namibia’s capital Windhoek boycotted the election results on Tuesday evening.
These main points remain strong
Unemployment, inequality and corruption have been the major issues in this election. Namibia has seen relatively strong economic growth in recent years due to investment in oil, gas and green hydrogen. However, according to World Bank data, the country ranks second in the world in terms of income inequality. In the elections, these issues were raised loudly by the ruling party candidates Nandi-Ndaitawa. He said that the biggest challenge before us is unemployment. If we win, we will first work on increasing employment.
