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	Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Namibia's bicameral parliament consists of the National Council with twenty six seats, occupied by two members chosen from each regional council to serve six-year terms; and the National Assembly of seventy eight seats, of which seventy two members are elected by popular vote, and six non-voting members are appointed by the president.
		Namibia is the fourth largest exporter of non-fuel minerals in Africa, and the world's fifth largest producer of uranium.
		Namibia is in the process or formulating an Action Programme on the Elmination of Child Labour, which is expected to be adopted in the period 2006-2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Namibia (1245 words)

	Politics of Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The judicial structure in Namibia parallels that of South Africa.
		SWAPO has been a legal political party since its formation and was cautiously active in Namibia, although before implementation of the UN Plan, it was forbidden to hold meetings of more than 20 people, and its leadership was subject to frequent detention.
		In 1999 presidential and parliamentary elections, SWAPO continued its history of political dominance, taking 55 of the 72 Assembly seats, and returning President Sam Nujoma to the office for his third term.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Namibia (849 words)

	Learn more about Namibia in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Republic of Namibia is a country in southwest Africa, on the Atlantic coast.
		The dry lands of Namibia, inhabited by Bantu, were not extensively explored by Europeans until the 19th century, when the land came under German control as South-West Africa, with the exception of Walvis Bay, which was under British control.
		Namibia's bicameral parliament consists of the National Council, which holds 26 seats occupied by two members chosen from each regional council to serve six-year terms, and the National Assembly of 78 seats, of which 72 members are elected by popular vote and 6 non-voting members are appointed by the president.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/na/namibia.html (783 words)

	POLITICS-NAMIBIA: A Milestone Election Gets Underway
		She says that one of the reasons for the low representation of women in Regional Councils is that political parties tend to nominate men as candidates for council posts - this on the grounds hat women are not sufficiently educated to govern regions.
		Political analyst Willie Olivier told IPS that the difference in gender representation in the Regional Councils is also due to the use of a "first past the post" voting system for these bodies, which simply requires a candidate to win more votes than his or her rivals in order to gain a seat.
		Although Namibia has come way to go before reaching this goal with other government departments, it leads the way in SADC as far as female representation in parliament is concerned.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2004/IP041109.html (1432 words)

	MapZones.com : Namibia Map
		Namibia, formerly South West Africa, republic in south-western Africa, bounded on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana and South Africa, on the south by South Africa, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
		The population of Namibia at the 1981 census was 1,033,196.
		Namibia is divided from west to east into three main topographic zones: the coastal Namib desert, the Central Plateau, and the Kalahari.
	atlas.mapzones.com /namibia (2205 words)

	Media and Resistance Politics in Namibia
		The objective of the series is “to make research results on Namibia accessible and known to a new generation of Namibian readers in particular and to the international research community in general.” (p.ix).
		This historical extrapolation of the alternative press in Namibia focuses on the objectives, institutional character, economics, and ideology of the alternative press in Namibia prior to the attainment of political independence from the forces of imperialism and colonialism.
		The political theology that emerged in the church press was opposed to the conservative values of the apartheid system.
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v7/v7i2a23.htm (1097 words)

	Namibia - Government and Politics
		Namibia's independence was demonstrated with free elections in the year 1989.
		As in South Africa, the opposition parties are politically weak and hardly relevant.
		Sam Nujoma at a state visit with Queen Elizabeth II in Windhoek on the occasion of Namibia's accession to the Commonwealth.
	www.namibia-travel.net /namibia/government.htm (382 words)

	Politics of Namibia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		has been a legal political party since formation and was cautiously active in Namibia before implementation of the UN Plan it forbidden to hold meetings of more than people and its leadership was subject to detention.
		In 1999 presidential and parliamentary elections SWAPO its history of political dominance taking 55 the 72 Assembly seats and returning President Sam Nujoma to the office for his third The principal opposition parties are the Congress Democracies (COD) and the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance with each possessing seven seats in the National Assembly.
		Namibia and Southern Africa: Regional Dynamics of Decolonization 1945-90 (A Publication of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva)
	www.freeglossary.com /Namibia/Government (752 words)

	Namibia Aids -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of nonfuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten.
		Namibia normally imports about 50% of its cereal requirements; in drought years food shortages are a major problem in rural areas.
		However, Namibia's economy is heavily dependent on the earnings generated from primary commodity exports in a few vital sectors, including minerals, livestock, and fish.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/102/namibia-aids.html (1412 words)

	A Diagnostic View Of Opposition Politics
		It is important to note that political parties whose orientation and inclination were diametrically opposed to those of Swanu and Swapo did not join these anti-colonial platforms whose aim was to express their opposition to the South African presence in Namibia and to struggle for speedier implementation of Resolution 435.
		Firstly, political parties have their own identity and uniqueness that must be recognized and therefore must not be lumped together for the sake of short-term convenience and expediency.
		Former political activists and party leaders in the opposition parties during and after Independence have either joined the ruling party or have become 'community activists', 'technocrats', businessmen/women in the name of an attempt not to disclose their political allegiance.
	www.namibian.com.na /2004/march/columns/043237C987.html (1309 words)

	Windhoek \| Capital City \| Namibia... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Namibia's first president Sam Nujoma was re-elected in December 1999 for another 5-year period in office.
		Windhoek is Namibia's capital city, and its charm lies in the harmonious blend of African and European cultures and the friendliness of its people.
		Namibia was the last country on the African continent to gain its independence.
	www.botswana.co.za /africa_windhoek_p2.html (606 words)

	Namibia
		Namibia will have to avoid confrontation with the major members of the security council since it is so dependent on the financial aid of these countries for assistance.
		Namibia supports the recent movement of the United Nations in stopping the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and hopes that this situation could be resolved.
		Namibia feels that the deployment of UN observers in the DRC to assist in the process for peace, stability, and development would be beneficial.
	www2.msstate.edu /~travis/namibia.html (1702 words)

	POLITICS-NAMIBIA : VOTE RECOUNT CREATES NEW TENSION
		Namibia seemed to prove another time its reputation as a democratic country in Africa when the High Court in the capital Windhoek ordered on an application of two opposition parties, the Congress of Democrats (CoD) and the Republican Party (RP), a recount of all parliamentary votes within 10 days.
		Namibia, as a member of SADC, also signed the agreement and committed itself to implementing its standards.
		The SADC principles and guidelines call for, amongst others, the full participation of the citizens in the political process, freedom of association, political tolerance and the creation of a conducive environment for free, fair and peaceful elections.
	www.ipsterraviva.net /Africa/send.asp?idnews=81 (1034 words)

	afrol News - Namibia News
		Misanet / The Namibian, 24 November - The government of Namibia yesterday signed a petroleum agreement with INA Industrija Nafte, the Croatian national oil company, which is to start exploration on the shore of the Nama basin in southern Namibia.
		Namibia's offshore basins are believed to be oil rich, but few explorations have so far been done.
		The government of Namibia supposes that the dead bodies are SWAPO freedom fighters from the era of the South African occupation and is to investigate their identities.
	www.afrol.com /paises/namibia/noticias (1085 words)

	A short overview of History & Politics of Namibia
		Namibia enjoys one of the few democratic dispensations in Africa, as evidenced, for instance, by a functioning parliamentary system, observance of civil and human rights, and the holding of regular elections at local, regional, and national levels.
		This was finally achieved in 1990, after a year during which the UN settlement plan was implemented under the guardianship of a large UN contingent stationed in Namibia.
		The South Africans responded by militarising Namibia, and by imposing martial law throughout large areas of the country.
	www.focusnamibia.com /e_hist.htm (569 words)

	Namibia \| Politics and Economics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The cold waters swelling up from the Antarctic are rich in plankton and sustain plentiful shoals of anchovy, pilchard and mackerel as well as the larger tuna and swordfish and rock lobster and oysters.
		Namibia does have a university and polytechnic, both based in Windhoek.
		Many volunteers from throughout the world come to Namibia to teach for a time, and they do help to enhance educational opportunities in remote areas although their input is transitory.
	www.infotour-africa.com /namibia_politics.htm (544 words)

	Namibia - Political
		Resolution 435 provided for South African troops to withdraw from Namibia one week before the elections, for PLAN fighters to report to assembly areas, for refugees to return and for 7 500 troops from the UN Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG) to be deployed (this was reduced to 4 650).
		South African troops withdrew totally from Namibia, SWAPO bases in Angola were dismantled, and the elected constituent assembly duly drew up a constitution for a multi-party democracy, with an executive president who could serve only two five-year terms.
		Given the long years of conflict, the bitterness of the liberation war, and the legacy of racism and ethnic politics, Namibia has made a remarkable transition to domestic peace, although this is increasingly threatened by instability in neighbouring countries, especially Angola.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Namibia/Politics.html (2905 words)

	Namibiana Buchdepot: Buch, Bücher, Karten, Video, CD, DVD, Reiseführer, Geschichte, Antiquariat, Flora, Fauna, Kunst, ...
		For all her appreciation of the social and political forces at work in the territory, however, Wallace never loses sight of the specificity of medical knowledge and power.
		While her main interest is in the power relations expressed through and in medicine, not in the production or patterns of disease, she recognises that 'some understanding of the nature of the ill health suffered by Namibians, and its roots in material conditions, is essential to the investigation of issues of discourse and power.
		That indigenous healing practices retained their vitality and remained extremely important in the interwar years (and probably beyond) in Namibia was in no small measure connected to the inadequacies of the under-funded colonial medical services for Africans and their close involvement with the state.
	www.namibiana.de /index.cfm?action=ViewDetails&itemid=1303 (1195 words)

	Sense of Africa - Tour operators - The People of Namibia
		Namibia's Tswana live in a triangle, with a line between Epukiro and Aminuis in the east as its base and extending to Walvis Bay, its vertex, in the west.
		English was selected as Namibia's official language and Afrikaans, the common vernacular language, was retired to a secondary position after serving with German as one of three official languages for some 60 years.
		Namibia has a dry climate typical of a semi-desert country where droughts are a regular occurrence.
	www.kapstadt.de /sense-of-africa/people.htm (1324 words)

	MEDIA BEAT 15 - Women's Network Advocates For Gender Balance In Politics - Namibia
		The women's network called on political parties in the country to nominate women as candidates in the elections and to give priority to their interests in policy development and implementation.
		political parties tend to blame women for not coming forward as candidates, rather than analyse and remove the many barriers and constraints facing women who enter the male dominated area of politics," says the women's manifesto.
		Namibia is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, the Beijing Platform for Action and the SADC declaration on Gender and Development, which effectively means that the government has committed itself to promoting women's issues at all levels.
	www.comminit.com /news/mediabeat/mb_a0177.html (662 words)

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	Namibia travel,holidays, tours and cultural exchange
		Namibia is located in Southern Africa and has common borders with South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Angola.
		With only 2 inhabitans per sqkm (all in all 1,8 million inhabitants) Namibia is one of the less populated countries in the world.
		Today Namibia is a democratic and secular state with freedom of religion (90 percent christians) as well as freedom of press and media with Sam Nujoma as president.
	www.africandesk.com /en/namibia_facts.htm (347 words)

	Swapo poised for landslide victory : Mail & Guardian Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Namibia’s South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo) is set for another landslide election victory in what has been a dour election, with low-key campaigning.
		Political commentators and a phalanx of election observers agree that the election campaign was conducted in an amicable fashion.
		Political parties have to submit audited annual financial reports to Parliament on how this money was spent, but so far none has opened its books to public scrutiny.
	www.mg.co.za /articlepage.aspx?area=/insight/insight__africa&articleid=142293 (918 words)

	Namibia: THE ALL-AFRICA INTERNET GUIDE: Namibia
		Both the telecommunications and Internet infrastructure are well developed in Namibia, with no less than 13 cites and towns enjoying local Internet access.
		A must for travellers to Namibia, with travel tips, resort listings and a helpful directory of tour operators, car hire companies, and the like.
		As well as a directory of museums in Namibia, the site takes a look at caves and caving in the country.
	www.goafrica.co.za /africa/namibia.stm (198 words)

	Public Should Join Forces with President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		INSTEAD of trying to score cheap political points like the Congress of Democrats (CoD), the Namibian population should join forces with the President and should support and strengthen him in his genuine efforts to curb the misuse of state property and alleged corruption in Government.
		He goes on that the Government was fervently awaiting the day when politics in Namibia would be elevated to levels above mudslinging and insults and the day when politics was exercised in a mature and constructive manner.
		Mr Shivute said that day would only dawn when opposition parties started offering solutions and options to stimulate development and to improve the socio-economic conditions of the majority of the country’s population instead of criticising only for the sake of making their voices heard to make people aware of their existence.
	www.grnnet.gov.na /News/Archive/2001/Feb2001/public_join_forces.htm (237 words)

	The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Namibia.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Namibia, Revised Edition in the World Bibliographical Series, vol.53, compiled by Stanley Schoeman and Elna Schoeman (Oxford, Santa Barbara, CA, and Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO Press, 1997, pp.295, 57 [pounds sterling]).
		Looking at the experience of Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Pierre du Toit examines in his book the conditions under which democracy might grow in Africa.
		The above preview is from The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, July 1, 1998.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:65068788&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (215 words)

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