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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Namibia's New President Names Deputy, Trims Cabinet
(Bloomberg) -- Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appointed long-serving lawmaker Lucia Witbooi as her deputy as she unveiled a streamlined cabinet, consolidating key ministries and placing oil and gas oversight under her own office. They Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying. Chicago Transit Faces 'Doomsday Scenario,' Regional Agency Says LA Faces $1 Billion Budget Hole, Warns of Thousands of Layoffs New York Subway Ditches MetroCard After 32 Years for Tap-And-Go Libraries Warn They Could Be 'Cut off at the Knees' by DOGE Witbooi, 64, a former deputy minister, previously worked in education and home affairs before rising through the ranks of the ruling South West Africa People's Organisation, or Swapo. She becomes the second woman to hold the vice presidency in the southern African country, which is on the verge of an oil boom but which faces significant economic challenges, including a 37% unemployment rate. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who took office on Friday as Namibia's first female president, also named Elijah Ngurare as prime minister, Natangwe Ithete as deputy prime minister and minister of mines, and Ericah Shafudah as finance minister. The new administration has reduced the number of ministries to 14 from 21, merging trade into international relations, shifting fisheries under agriculture, and integrating industrialization with mines and energy. Namibia is set to become a key oil and gas producer, following offshore discoveries in the Orange Basin by TotalEnergies SE and Shell Plc, with commercial production expected as early as 2029. The government has pledged to create 500,000 jobs over the next five years and invest N$85 billion ($4.7 billion) in infrastructure, manufacturing, and renewable energy. --With assistance from Valentine Baldassari. (Corrects spelling of finance minister in story first published on March 22) A New 'China Shock' Is Destroying Jobs Around the World How TD Became America's Most Convenient Bank for Money Launderers Tesla's Gamble on MAGA Customers Won't Work One Man's Crypto Windfall Is Funding a $1 Billion Space Station Dream The Real Reason Trump Is Pushing 'Buy American' ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
Saudi Gazette
23-03-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Namibia's new president names first Cabinet, appoints first female vice president
WINDHOEK — Namibia's newly elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced her first Cabinet on Saturday, naming Lucia Witbooi as the country's first-ever female vice president. The appointments mark a historic moment, making Namibia the only African nation with both a female president and vice president. At the swearing-in ceremony in Windhoek, President Nandi-Ndaitwah administered the oath of office to 14 ministers, including eight women, and seven deputy ministers. She expressed confidence in her new administration, stating, 'I have no doubt that we will deliver on what the people of Namibia have mandated to do.' The president emphasized that tackling poverty would be a central focus of her government, announcing that the functions of marginalized and disability affairs would be transferred to the office of the vice president to ensure increased visibility and action. 'These functions must receive the attention they need,' she said, urging the public to support the Cabinet in carrying out its appointments include Elijah Ngurare as prime minister and Selma Ashipala-Musavyi as minister of international relations and trade
Bloomberg
22-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Namibia's New President Names Witbooi as Deputy, Trims Cabinet
Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appointed long-serving lawmaker Lucia Witbooi as her deputy as she unveiled a streamlined cabinet, consolidating key ministries and placing oil and gas oversight under her own office. Witbooi, 64, a former deputy minister, previously worked in education and home affairs before rising through the ranks of the ruling South West Africa People's Organisation, or Swapo. She becomes the second woman to hold the vice presidency in the southern African country, which is on the verge of an oil boom but which faces significant economic challenges, including a 37% unemployment rate.
