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President and Commander-in-Chief of the Namibia Defence Force Dr. Hage Geingob (right) takes the Oath as the third President of Namibia from Chief Justice Peter Shivute during the inauguration which coincided with the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Independence held at Independence Stadium in Windhoek
President promises to serve all Namibians
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“I am declaring war on poverty and inequality”
Newly sworn-in President of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob has promised to serve all Namibians without exception. Geingob made the promise in his acceptance speech during the country’s Silver Jubilee Independence celebrations in Windhoek on Saturday. Hage Geingob was sworn in as president, three months after he was elected in a landslide victory. He replaces Hifikepunye Pohamba, also of SWAPO, who served the country for ten years. Before his election, Geingob served as Namibia’s prime minister. The 73-year-old president marked his inauguration by pledging to tackle poverty among the vast desert nation’s 2.2 million population. “I am declaring war on poverty and inequality,” Geingob said in front of a packed stadium in the capital
Windhoek. Geingob, leader of South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO), won the November 2014 vote with 87 percent of the vote, to become Namibia’s third democratically elected leader. Namibia, which gained indepen-
dence from South Africa in 1990, after decades of German rule, delayed the inauguration to coincide with its independence day. The ceremony was attended by several regional leaders including President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, President Ian Khama
of Botswana and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe who has close ties with Namibia, and Vice-president Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa. Geingob admitted in 2012 that the wealth of the uranium rich country was controlled by 10 percent of the
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“These are not low income houses” – Nghiimbwasha DRC Concerned Group plans to halt Mass Housing Construction
Marshallino Beukes The housing issues in Swakopmund’s DRC informal settlement still seem to be unresolved, with some of the residents planning to temporarily halt the current construction of houses by Power Onyeno. This decision was made pelled to relocate their the residents,” said Ng- they can find a piece at a public meeting last shacks, without any hiimbwasha. of open land. NghiimbSunday. According to prior notice. “The Min- The newspaper visited washa further argued the chairman of the istry and the contractor the area a while back that the houses were DRC Residents Con- did not indicate where and witnessed that unaffordable to most cerned Group Associ- the people are supposed these residents (after of the DRC’s residents, ation, Mr David Ng- to move, and the relo- requested to move) are as many of them have hiimbwasha, residents cation procedure was randomly putting up to make a living with in the area are com- not clearly explained to their homes, wherever less than N$1 500 per
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Soccer-filled Independence weekend
Workers on the site of Power Onyeno month. How will they be able to pay for the houses, water and electricity, send their children to school,
put something to eat on the table and clothe themselves, he asked. “They are building these houses for us, Continues on page 2
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