… In 2023, South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki urged Malema to stop singing the song, saying it was no longer politically relevant as the anti-apartheid struggle was over. …
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- March 2025
… the liberation of southern Africa.”Lesotho prime minister Ntsokoane Matekane and his Eswatini counterpart Russell Dlamini were among other Sadc leaders who attended the funeral.Also in attendance were former Botswana president Ian Khama, former South African president Thabo Mbeki …
Regional leaders bid farewell to Nujoma… Among them were various top officials, like Malawi’s vice president, Michael Usi, and former South African president Thabo Mbeki. …
Sam Nujoma's Funeral in Images… Former South African president Thabo Mbeki arrived early to pay Nujoma his last respects. …
Mbeki, Grace Mugabe and other dignitaries arrive for Nujoma's burial at Heroes’ Acre- February 2025
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki says Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, contributed immensely to the liberation of the continent and the creation of key institutions like the African Union (AU). …
Nujoma took no prisoners – MbekiFormer South African president Thabo Mbeki has described founding president Sam Nujoma as a straight talker and struggle leader to all. …
Nujoma was straight talker – Mbeki- November 2022
… Our new book, ‘The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in an Age of Crisis’, assesses the leadership of South Africa’s five post-apartheid presidents – Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe, Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa. …
SA Needs Strategic Leadership. Its Presidents Have Not Been Up to the Task- September 2022
… There are respected retired regional former presidents of Botswana and South Africa, Ian Khama and Thabo Mbeki, who could help mediate a stalemate. …
Genocide Issue: A Call For a Mediator- June 2018
… The country may no longer be the two distinct nations – “one white and wealthy, the other black and poor” – captured in the words of former president Thabo Mbeki. …
Remembering The Election That Heralded Apartheid- February 2018
… Many in the ANC remember President Thabo Mbeki’s removal in 2008 as a traumatic event: it prompted a split and began the ANC’s slide at the polls. …
The Removal Of Zuma Was A Masterstroke
Opinion
Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality
The News
An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.
Why it matters
Opinion analysis of Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation mentality examines governance patterns affecting national political trajectory.
26 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Sunday 26 April
Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality
An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.
26 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Friday 13 March
South African government delays R700,000 damages payment to conservationist
Conservationist Fred Daniel won a R306-million damages award against South Africa's government in September 2025 for state-sponsored persecution, but the office of the state attorney delayed paying his R700,000 in taxed costs for six months until asset seizure was threatened. The government has announced an appeal against the judgment despite the defendant agency stating it cannot afford the legal fees.
13 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Thursday 5 March
Mosiuoa Lekota's legacy beyond apartheid struggle honored
The Namibian's analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota, who died on Wednesday, argues that his role in forming the Congress of the People in 2008 was equally vital to his anti-apartheid activism. By breaking the ANC's political dominance, Cope's 1.3 million votes prevented Zuma's government from securing a two-thirds majority, shifted South African politics from racial to policy-based competition, and inspired the formation of other parties including the EFF and ActionSA, fundamentally changing the country's democratic trajectory.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →
South African former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota dies at 77
Mosiuoa Lekota, a prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who served as South Africa's defence minister and ANC chairperson before founding the rival Congress of the People party, has died after a period of illness. He was imprisoned on Robben Island during apartheid and broke from the ANC in 2008 over corruption concerns.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →