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Okavango Region
Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital was Rundu. In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola, and in the southeast the North-West District of Botswana. Domestically, it bordered the following regions: *Zambezi – east *Otjozondjupa – south *Oshikoto – west *Ohangwena – northwest Because of its rather higher rainfall than most other parts of Namibia, this region had agricultural potential for the cultivation of a variety of crops, as well as for organised forestry and agro-forestry, which stimulated furniture making and related industries. Khaudum National Park and Mahango Game Park are located in the region. Politics The region was subdivided into nine electoral constituencies: Mpungu, Kahenge, Kapako, Rundu Rural West, Rundu Urban, Rundu Rural East, Mashare, Ndiyona, and Mukwe. Ambrosius Haingura, a prominent SWAPO or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Namibia
Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into 121 constituencies. Upon Namibian independence, the pre-existing subdivisions from the South African administration were taken over. Since then, demarcations and numbers of regions and constituencies of Namibia are tabled by delimitation commissions and accepted or declined by the National Assembly. In 1992, the ''1st Delimitation Commission'', chaired by Judge President Johan Strydom, proposed that Namibia should be divided into 13 regions. The suggestion was approved in the lower house, The National Assembly. In 2014, the ''4th Delimitation Commission'' amended the number of regions to fourteen. Regions 1990–1992 See also *Constituencies of Namibia Each of the 14 regions of Namibia is further subdivided into electoral constituencies. The size of the constituencies varies with the size and population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpungu Constituency
Mpungu is a constituency in the Kavango West region of Namibia. It had a population of 20,787 in 2011, up from 18,660 in 2001, and 9,121 registered voters in 2020, up from 8,924 in 2004. The settlements of Mpungu and Mukekete are situated in this constituency. Before August 2013 the town of Nkurenkuru belonged to Mpungu constituency, and the constituency was situated in the Kavango Region. Following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'', and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. Nkurenkuru Constituency was created from the area of Mpungu. Both constituencies belong to Kavango West. Politics As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide. Titus Kandjimi Shiudifonya received 4,354 votes, followed by Elia Hambjuka of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 163 votes) and Festus Shimuhefereni Hamukwaya of the All People's Party ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurus Nekaro
Maurus Nekaro (August 25, 1955 – March 4, 2013) was a Namibian politician and member of the SWAPO political party. Nekaro served as the Governor of Kavango ;)Region, one of Namibia's thirteen regions, from December 2010 until his death on March 4, 2013. Nekaro graduated from Rundu Secondary School in Rundu, South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), in 1977. He received both his Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Philosophy degrees from the University of Western Cape in South Africa. He also attended the University of Fort Hare. Nekaro served as the Mayor of Rundu, the capital of Kavango Region, from 1997 until 2003. He then served as the deputy director of finance for the Ohangwena Regional Council prior from 2004 to 2010. In December 2010, Nekaro was appointed as the Governor of the northern Kavango Region by Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba. Governor Maurus Nekaro became ill after attending the Mandume Day ceremony held at the Omhedi Palace in the Ohangwena Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Era (Namibia)
The ''New Era'' is a daily national newspaper owned by the government of Namibia. The newspaper is one of four daily national newspapers in the country, the others being ''The Namibian'' (English and Oshiwambo), ''Die Republikein'' (Afrikaans) and '' Allgemeine Zeitung'' (German). ''New Era'' was created by the ''New Era Publications Corporation Act of 1992''. According to Ullamaija Kivikuru, it copied the format of ''The Namibian'' in order to establish credibility. The two newspapers still resemble each other in having long stories spread over several pages. ''New Era'' has a usual circulation of 9,000, going up to 11,000 on Fridays.Rothe, ''Media System and News Selections in Namibia'', p. 23. It was established as a weekly newspaper and was later published only bi-weekly. It has appeared daily since 2004. ''New Era'' is published in English and five indigenous languages: Otjiherero, Oshiwambo, Damara/Nama, Silozi, and Khwedam. ''New Era'' is published by the New Era Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibian War Of Independence
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990. It was fought between the South African Defence Force (SADF) and the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), an armed wing of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO). The South African Border War resulted in some of the largest battles on the African continent since World War II and was closely intertwined with the Angolan Civil War. Following several years of unsuccessful petitioning through the United Nations and the International Court of Justice for Namibian independence from South Africa, SWAPO formed the PLAN in 1962 with material assistance from the Soviet Union, China, and sympathetic African states such as Tanzania, Ghana, and Algeria. Fighting broke out between PLAN and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWAPO
The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia. Founded in 1960, it has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990. The party continues to be dominated in number and influence by the Ovambo ethnic group. SWAPO held a two-thirds majority in parliament from 1994 to 2019. In the general election held in November 2019, the party won 65.5% of the popular vote and 63 out of the 104 seats in the National Assembly. It also holds 28 out of the 42 seats in the National Council. As of November 2017, Namibian President Hage Geingob has been the president of SWAPO after being elected to the position at the party's electoral congress. History Background and foundation German South West Africa was established in 1884. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosius Haingura
Ambrosius Hamutenya Haingura (30 June 1957 – 21 September 2000) was a Namibian activist and politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), he was an internal activist during the Namibian War of Independence. Following independence, he served as Regional Councillor for Rundu Urban constituency from 1992 until his death. From 1993 to 1995, he served as the first Regional Governor of the Kavango Region, and from 1996 to his death he represented the Kavango Region in the National Council of Namibia. Ambrosius Haingura was the husband of fellow SWAPO politician Petrina Haingura Petrina Namutenya Haingura (born 27 July 1959 in Rundu, Okavango Region) is a Namibian politician. Haingura is a member of SWAPO, and she holds a seat in the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005. She grew up in a SWAPO-supporting household and .... References 1957 births 2000 deaths People from Zambezi Region Members of the National Council (Namibia) SWAPO politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukwe Constituency
Mukwe is a constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. The district centre is the settlement of Mukwe. It had a population of 27,690 in 2011, up from 27,250 in 2001. The constituency contains the major settlements of Bagani, Kangongo and Divundu, and a number of small populated places such as Andara and Diyogha. the constituency had 16,678 registered voters. There is a bilateral agreement with Angola to allow mutual near-border immigration without travel documents. This applies to a maximum distance of 30 km, it is not valid for tourists. Elections General elections The day after the 2009 general election, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) called for a recount of Mukwe's ballots "after several political parties expressed their unhappiness over the counting process". There were 19 polling stations in the constituency. In the certified results, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 6,227 votes of the 8,542 accepted votes. The close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndiyona Constituency
Ndiyona is a constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. The district centre is the settlement of Ndiyona. It had a population of 20,633 in 2011, up from 19,565 in 2001. the constituency had 6,210 registered voters. Ndiyona constituency until 2013 belonged to the Kavango Region. In 2013, following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'', and in preparation of the Namibian general election, 2014, 2014 general election, the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. The new Ndonga Linena Constituency was created from the western part of Ndiyona, so that Ndiyona is now much smaller than before. Both constituencies belong to Kavango East. Politics The Namibian local and regional elections, 2015, 2015 regional elections were won by Swapo party candidate Eugen Likuwa with 1,859 votes. Florian Haingura of the All People's Party (Namibia), All People's Party (APP) came second with 293 votes. The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashare Constituency
Mashare is a constituency in the Kavango East region of northern Namibia. The district centre is the settlement of Mashare. It had a population of 15,688 in 2011, down from 16,007 in 2001. the constituency had 9,165 registered voters. The constituency contains the settlements of Dwasa, Tceha, Kondja, Namagadi, and Rudjadja. There is a bilateral agreement with Angola to allow mutual near-border immigration without travel documents. This applies to a maximum distance of 30 km, it is not valid for tourists. Politics The 2015 regional elections were won by SWAPO candidate Mavara Fillipus Nkore with 2,707 votes. Paulus Sikongo of the All People's Party (APP) came second with 1,487 votes, and Nankema Shirongo of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came third with 110 votes. Nkore was re-elected in the 2020 regional election after obtaining 1,716 votes. Engelbert Hamutenya Namufinda (APP) came second with 692 votes. See also * Constituencies of Namibia Each of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rundu Rural East
Rundu Rural (until 2013 Rundu Rural East) is an electoral constituency in the Kavango East Region of Namibia. It comprises the area east of Rundu, one of Namibia's largest cities. It had a population of 22,538 in 2011, up from 18,250 in 2001. the constituency had 6,060 registered voters. The constituency contains the villages of Cuma and Kaisosi. Both villages are connected by a gravel road which was completed in 2013. In 2013 the Kavango Region, to which this constituency belonged under the name Rundu Rural East, was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. The constituency was renamed Rundu Rural. Its former sister constituency Rundu Rural West was also renamed, to Ncuncuni Constituency. Ncuncuni now belongs to Kavango West, whereas Rundu Rural belongs to Kavango East. Politics The 2015 regional elections were won by Michael Shikongo of SWAPO. He received 1,284 votes. Marcellus Haivera of the All People's Party (APP) came second with 887 votes. The 2020 regional electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rundu Urban
Rundu Urban is an electoral constituency in the Kavango East region of Namibia. It covers the urban area of Rundu, the region's capital and one of Namibia's largest cities. The constituency also covers parts of the Sauyemwa, Safari, Tutungeni, Katutura, Donkerhoek and Kehemu neighborhoods.ELECTIONS 2010: Rundu constituencies profile '' New Era'', 9 November 2010 It had a population of 20,953 in 2011, up from 19,173 in 2001. the constituency had 35,740 registered voters. In 2013 the |
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