{"id":101455,"date":"2024-12-04T21:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah"},"modified":"2024-12-05T00:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:08:02","slug":"mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah","title":{"rendered":"Mnangagwa Congratulates Namibia&#8217;s New President Nandi-Ndaitwah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the newly elected President of Namibia, following her victory in the presidential election held on November 30.<\/p>\n<p>Nandi-Ndaitwah, the 72-year-old candidate from the ruling South West Africa People\u2019s Organisation (SWAPO), secured over 57% of the votes cast, while her closest rival, Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), garnered 26%.<\/p>\n<p>In the National Assembly elections, SWAPO won 51 of the 96 seats, while the IPC secured 20 seats.<\/p>\n<p>In his congratulatory message on Wednesday, December 4, Mnangagwa said that Nandi-Ndaitwah\u2019s victory reflects the trust and confidence that the people of Namibia have in her leadership. He wrote:<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Zimbabwe and on my own behalf, I wish to extend to you my most sincere congratulations on your historic election as the President of the Republic of Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Your victory is a reflection of the trust and confidence that the people of Namibia have in your leadership to safeguard the liberation heritage and bring about socio-economic transformation in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>As you assume your new role, I am confident that the excellent relations between our two countries will continue to grow from strength to strength in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I take this opportunity to assure you of Zimbabwe\u2019s commitment and readiness to deepen and broaden bilateral cooperation with Namibia for the mutual benefit of our two peoples.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you good health, as well as peace and prosperity for the people of Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Please accept, Your Excellency and Dear Sister, the assurances of my highest consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Nandi-Ndaitwah is married to Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, former Chief of the Namibian Defence Force.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the newly elected President of Namibia, following her victory in the presidential election held on November 30. Nandi-Ndaitwah, the 72-year-old candidate from the ruling South West Africa People\u2019s Organisation (SWAPO), secured over 57% of the votes cast, while her closest rival, Panduleni Itula of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[17347,17349,753,17365,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-101455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-2024-namibia-elections","10":"tag-2024-namibian-elections","11":"tag-namibia","12":"tag-ndemupelila-netumbo-nandi-ndaitwah","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mnangagwa Congratulates Namibia&#039;s New President Nandi-Ndaitwah - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the newly elected President of Namibi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mnangagwa Congratulates Namibia&#039;s New President Nandi-Ndaitwah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the newly elected President of Namibi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-04T19:57:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-04T22:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/12\/sm_1733337447.483858.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-congratulates-namibias-new-president-nandi-ndaitwah\",\"name\":\"Mnangagwa Congratulates Namibia's New President Nandi-Ndaitwah - 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