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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HARARE2204 |
PROPOSAL FOR POTUS TO ENGAGE MUGABE BY [...] (C) RECENT, PRESIDENTIALLY DIRECTED EVENTS HAVE TAKEN ZIMBABWE TO THE VERGE OF CRISIS. WE BELIEVE A STRONG AND HIGH-LEVEL MESSAGE APPEALING FOR CALM, RESTRAINT AND A RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS CRITICAL. IN THIS CONNECTION, I STRONGLY URGE THAT PR [...] |
2000-04-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI US SF WA MZ ZA PGOV |
| 00HARARE4753 |
ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON MARGINS [...] (C) PER REF A INSTRUCTION, POLOFF SPOKE ON AUGUST 28 WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TO SOLICIT THE GOZ'S VIEWS ON A POSSIBLE DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON THE MARGINS OF THE MILLENIUM SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI WAS UNAWARE OF PRESIDENT CHILUBA'S CURRENT EFFORTS BUT SAID THE GOZ WOULD [...] |
2000-08-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG AO BY UG WA ZI |
| 01PRETORIA1599 |
SADC SUMMIT: SOUTH AFRICA HOPED FOR MORE ON ORGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MARCH 9 SADC SUMMIT DID NOT SELECT THE SUCCESSOR TO ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AS CHAIR OF THE ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY. SAG OFFICIALS INDICATED MARCH 13 THAT MBEKI PREFERRED THIS DECISION BE MA [...] |
2001-03-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN SADC WA |
| 03HANOI1422 |
VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...] |
2003-06-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ |
| 04PARIS9130 |
FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...] |
2004-12-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR |
| 04PRETORIA3283 |
SOUTH AFRICA: REVIEW OF DR. ROBERT FINKELMAN'S [...] (U) Summary: On June 28, Dr. Finkelman, a coal scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, completed a highly successful three-month tour-of-duty as Embassy Science Fellow. Dr. Finkelman met with more than 500 South Africans in over forty formal meetings, presentations, and seminars to officia [...] |
2004-07-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EMIN SENV EIND BC MZ WA SF |
| 04PRETORIA3560 |
SOUTH AFRICA: DEBEERS CONTEMPLATES THE U.S. MARKET [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, Econoff and EconFSN sat down to an hour-long conversation with Jonathan Oppenheimer, Director of E. Oppenheimer and Sons and Managing Director of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., to review the landscape for De Beers in the wake of its July 13 settlement with the U.S. [...] |
2004-08-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EIND ETRD SF BC WA TZ AO CG GH CA |
| 05GABORONE951 |
REFUGEES IN BOTSWANA: AN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Botswana and the Francistown Vicariate of the Catholic Church are exploring the possibility of providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to a limited number of refugees. Approximately 550 Angolan refugees are registered t [...] |
2005-07-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM AO CG WA ZI BC HIV AIDS |
| 05PRETORIA2175 |
SOUTH AFRICAN URANIUM PRODUCTION [...] (U) South Africa is ranked fourth in world uranium reserves and tenth in uranium production. In 2004, all uranium production came from AngloGold Ashanti's Vaal River mine and dump treatment operations. Currently, South Africa has two concentration plants,both owned by AngloGold Ashanti,that p [...] |
2005-06-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP EIND ECON MI NG WA ZA SF DRC |
| 06THEHAGUE467 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AF/RSA/ACOTA'S CHIP [...] Country clearance is granted for Chip Beck and John Sevold, to travel to The Netherlands April 5-6, to hold discussions with GONL officials on African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA). 2. Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: ( [...] |
2006-03-03 13:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TZ WA NL |
| 06WINDHOEK79 |
POHAMBA LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, President Hifikepunye Pohamba officially launched the Namibian Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). In his speech marking the event, Pohamba reiterated his distaste for corruption and urged the ACC to pursue all corrupt individuals "regardless of their status in s [...] |
2006-02-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON PHUM WA |
| 07LUANDA782 |
DEMARCHE - R/V KNORR MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-31 21:19:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KRVC TPHY EWWT AO WA |
| 08GABORONE719 |
USAID CLOSES OUT CBNRM PROGRAM IN NAMIBIA [...] Summary: On June 12 in Windhoek, Regional Environment and Health Officer for Southern Africa (REHO) attended USAID's close-out ceremony of its 15-year support of Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) in Namibia. Among the attendees were Ambassador Mathieu, USAID Director Gary Ne [...] |
2008-08-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID WA BC |
| 08GABORONE720 |
KAZA UPDATE [...] Summary. The U.S. State Department and USAID provide technical and financial support to the development of a consultation framework of the 5-nation Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) Initiative. The conceptualization and planning for this began in 2006 with Botswana, [...] |
2008-08-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID WA ZA BC |
| 08KINSHASA475 |
DEMARCHE IN KINSHASA - RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AA UNSC XA ZI MA MP WA MI BC LT |
| 08STATE26330 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050093288 for the export of rifles, pistols, and revolvers to Namibia. Post is requested to c [...] |
2008-03-13 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC WA |
| 08WINDHOEK106 |
(C) IMAM SHAFI SHUNS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND IRANIAN MOSQUE [...] (C) Namibia's most senior Imam and head of the Windhoek Islamic Center, Kenyan-born Sheikh Shafi Aziz, told PolOff recently that representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood visited his offices in 2006 and 2007 seeking Shafi's support to obtain work permits and open a mosque in Namibia. Shafi po [...] |
2008-04-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM WA |
| 08WINDHOEK107 |
CABINET SHUFFLE, MINISTERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND [...] (C) On April 8, President Pohamba announced a much anticipated cabinet reshuffle -- then fired no one. The few portfolio changes that Pohamba adopted appear to be those that did not challenge the traditional power base loyal to Founding President Sam Nujoma. Working around that big constraint [...] |
2008-04-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM WA |
| 08WINDHOEK115 |
ZIM PANEL SHEDS LIGHT ON MUGABE'S MESS [...] (SBU) A panel of five Zimbabwean activists, sponsored by PAS Harare and Freedom House to travel the region, impressed their Namibian listeners with revelations about the situation in Zimbabwe. Their cogent arguments prompted a public discussion that turned upside-down many of the liberation t [...] |
2008-04-22 05:41:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK122 |
NAMIBIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] China's focus in Namibia is mainly economic and commercial, with an underlying political objective of maintaining Namibian support for Chinese positions on certain issues (One China policy, Taiwan, UN, etc.). Chinese firms dominate the Namibian construction industry and have faced numerous al [...] |
2008-05-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR SENV TRGY WA |
| 08WINDHOEK126 |
HCOC AND NAMIBIA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, encouraging Namibia to join the Hague Code of Conduct, to MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger had no substantive reply, but promised to forward the information to the relevant MFA legal officials who review all possible Namib [...] |
2008-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA |
| 08WINDHOEK127 |
NAMIBIA AND UNSCR TRAVEL BANS ON IRANIANS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the issue of UNSCR-imposed travel bans on designated Iranian officials (reftels) with MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger explained that Namibia had hosted a team from the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) in [...] |
2008-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA |
| 08WINDHOEK235 |
NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...] |
2008-07-31 17:20:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA |
| 08WINDHOEK249 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, LAND REFORM WITH [...] (C) During a cordial 45-minute meeting with the Ambassador in his office on August 12, Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku declined to describe the kind of agreement he hoped ZANU-PF and the MDC would reach, saying that was up to Zimbabweans. The Ambassador stressed the U.S. view that Morgan Tsvangi [...] |
2008-08-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EAID EAGR KMCA ZI WA |
| 08WINDHOEK254 |
NAMIBIAN MINISTER OF LANDS: EXPROPRIATION SHOULD [...] (C) Minister of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus Naruseb told the Ambassador on August 13 that expropriation of land (eminent domain) should be a last resort, and that he intends to allocate land without antagonizing key stakeholders and nsure it remains productive. He lamented that a majority o [...] |
2008-08-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PGOV PHUM KMCA PINR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK265 |
RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on August 27 to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Wilbard Hellao. He underscored our strong concern over Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, noting the move was inconsistent with previous UNSC resolutions (which Russia had voted in fa [...] |
2008-08-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU WA |
| 08WINDHOEK266 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIAN [...] (C) Ambassador Mathieu and Poloff met on August 27 with Congress of Democrats (COD) Member of Parliament Nora Schimming-Chase. Schimming-Chase predicted that the current leadership impasse between factions of the COD would be resolved by November and the party would be united going into the 2 [...] |
2008-08-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK268 |
KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: NAMIBIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on September 2 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Martin Andjaba. He underscored that UNGA's approval of the Serbian resolution could have adverse consequences, impeding the international community's efforts to address the pressing needs of Kosov [...] |
2008-09-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNAUS KVIR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK279 |
PRESIDENT CREATES STANDALONE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (U) On September 8 President Hifikepunye Pohamba acted to split the Office of the Attorney General from the Justice Ministry, appointing Dr Albert Kawana as interim Attorney General. The move to decouple the offices has been met with support from legal professionals and opposition parties. E [...] |
2008-09-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK283 |
AMBASSADOR DYBUL VISIT TO NAMIBIA [...] (SBU) U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul recently completed a three day official visit (September 8-10) to Namibia. The visit's main purpose was to underscore the USG's partnership with Namibia in its fight against HIV/AIDS. During his meetings with Namibian government (GRN) [...] |
2008-09-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KHIV WA |
| 08WINDHOEK290 |
NAMIBIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. According to Shiweva, Namibia had not yet been approached regarding the selection of a new Executive Director for the Joint Unit [...] |
2008-09-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV UNGA EAID WA |
| 08WINDHOEK291 |
NAMIBIA'S RESPONSE TO UNGA HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. Shiweva stated that Namibia would, in all likelihood, vote on the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee Human Rights [...] |
2008-09-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN WA |
| 08WINDHOEK301 |
NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 22. Shiweva stated that "to his knowledge Namibia had not yet been approached by any country" with regards to the nomination of a memb [...] |
2008-09-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUCWA WA |
| 08WINDHOEK302 |
NAMIBIA'S LABOR PAINS [...] (C) Namibia's leading labor union federation, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), has long argued that its close relationship with the ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) party ensures workers' concerns are considered when the Namibian government (GRN) crafts and [...] |
2008-09-29 12:12:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB WA |
| 08WINDHOEK303 |
NAMIBIA: SWAPO ASSERTS STRENGTH IN LOCAL VOTE [...] (SBU) The Rally for Democracy and Progress' (RDP) second electoral challenge to Namibia's ruling and dominant South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO) fell considerably short of expectations on September 26. RDP only managed to win 123 votes to SWAPO's 1299 votes in the election for se [...] |
2008-09-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM WA |
| 08WINDHOEK304 |
NAMIBIA: AFRICA GROUP HAS DECIDED ON CONSENSUS [...] (U) In a call on Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30, Charge followed up on earlier discussions with the MFA (ref A) regarding the appointment of a successor to UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot. Conveying ref B talking points, Charge explained th [...] |
2008-09-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV UNGA EAID WA |
| 08WINDHOEK305 |
NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) CDA met with Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30 to discuss the IAEA vote for the MESA Group open seat, per ref C. The Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary, Forster's immediate superior, is currently in Vienna as head of Namibia's delegation [...] |
2008-09-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUCWA WA |
| 08WINDHOEK314 |
NAMIBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: USITC RESPONSE [...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel request from the U.S. International Trade Commission for information on infrastructure conditions that effect export competitiveness. 2. (SBU) Compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has fairly well developed and maintained infras [...] |
2008-10-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OTRA ASEC WA |
| 08WINDHOEK315 |
NAMIBIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the AGOA Eligibility Review submission for Namibia. Responses are keyed to paragraph 3 of reftel. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Country: NAMIBIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. (SBU) Country Background Summary: Namibia has a population of approximately 2 [...] |
2008-10-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON XA WA |
| 08WINDHOEK320 |
NAMIBIA: UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION, BUT [...] (C) Charge d'affaires met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete to deliver reftel demarche on October 6. CDA was accompanied by poleconoff, while Nghiwete was joined by Deputy Permanent Secretary Hinyangerwa Asheeke and Deputy Director for Bi [...] |
2008-10-07 11:48:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV WA |
| 08WINDHOEK331 |
AMIDST ACCUSATIONS, NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT BACKS MCA [...] (C) Beginning September 18, the SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) began leveling unfounded accusations that certain senior Namibian government officials were planning to sell off Etosha National Park to the United States Government using the recently signed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) co [...] |
2008-10-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA PGOV ECON WA |
| 08WINDHOEK333 |
NAMIBIA: F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINS WA |
| 08WINDHOEK335 |
NAMIBIA: PRIME MINISTER CONVOKES CHARGE ON MCC [...] (C) Prime Minister Nahas Angula convoked the Charge d'affaires October 21 to express the Namibian Government's (GRN) continued commitment to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program, following news reports that senior ruling SWAPO party officials continue to have serious concerns about [...] |
2008-10-21 15:36:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA PGOV ECON WA |
| 08WINDHOEK336 |
NAMIBIA: ONE VIEW ON SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Charge d'affaires delivered reftel demarche to Secretary to the Cabinet Franz Kapofi on October 23. Kapofi, a senior advisor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba, explained that he was not sure if Namibia would send a representative to the SADC Politics, Defense and Security Organ Troika Su [...] |
2008-10-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI PGOV WA |
| 08WINDHOEK337 |
NAMIBIA MCA COMPACT: THE HARD ROAD TO RATIFICATION [...] (C) Charge d'affaires called on Namibia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact lead negotiator Franz Kapofi on October 23 to discuss the prospects for the Compact's ratification before Parliament' December-January recess. Charge emphasized that failure to ratify the Compact before the r [...] |
2008-10-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA PGOV ECON WA |
| 08WINDHOEK338 |
NAMIBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE (IWOC) [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Windhoek is proud to nominate Elizabeth !Khaxas as our candidate for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Despite threats and harassment, Elizabeth !Khaxas has demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in promoting the politic [...] |
2008-10-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM WA |
| 08WINDHOEK340 |
NAMIBIA: INCSR PART I, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (SBU) While occasionally used as a drug transit point, Namibia is not a major drug producer or exporter. Nevertheless, statistics compiled in 2008 showed a marked increase in illegal drug seizures compared to previous years, with approximately $570,000 worth of drugs (1383 kilograms of marijuan [...] |
2008-11-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK345 |
NAMIBIA: SWAPO WINS AGAIN AMIDST AN OPPOSITION BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) As it has in previous by-elections this year, the ruling SWAPO party retained control of the Tobias Hainyeko Constituency seat with an overwhelming victory. The October 31 by-election became necessary when SWAPO expelled the previous Tobias Hainyeko Councilor, Erasmus Hendjala, from the [...] |
2008-11-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM WA |
| 08WINDHOEK365 |
NAMIBIAN DEFENSE MINSTER INSISTS SOLDIERS WILL NOT [...] (U) Namibian papers reported on November 14 that Minister of Defense Charles Namoloh told journalists that, despite Angola's announcement this week that it would send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the GRN would not act unilaterally and send the Namibian National Defense Fo [...] |
2008-11-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL WA |
| 08WINDHOEK367 |
NAMIBIA: INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Although Namibia has one of the most highly developed financial systems in Africa, it is not considered a regional financial center. In addition to the Bank of Namibia (the central bank), Namibia has four commercial banks. 2. (SBU) The major sources of potential money laundering in N [...] |
2008-11-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR WA |
| 08WINDHOEK368 |
TSVANGIRAI MEETS QUIETLY WITH POHAMBA IN WINDHOEK [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with Namibian MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador Veiccoh Nghiwete, DCM asked about a press report that President Pohamaba had met in Windhoek with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai before the November 8-9 SADC summit. Nghiwete confirmed the story, say [...] |
2008-11-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM WA ZI |
| 08WINDHOEK370 |
NAMIBIA ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko said he would convey the USG position to the MFA's senior leadership, but he had no substantive comments on the dem [...] |
2008-11-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA WA |
| 08WINDHOEK371 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko had no substantive comments and did not indicate whether the GRN would support the USG position. Poloff urged the G [...] |
2008-11-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY WA |
| 08WINDHOEK394 |
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA FORESHADOWS [...] (C) Namibia's general elections are approximately one year away, but the campaign season is in full swing. After a series of minor political confrontations during the Tobias Hainyeko by-election (reftel), a violent attack on a Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) rally by supporters of the [...] |
2008-12-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WA |
| 08WINDHOEK398 |
NAMIBIA: LACEY ACT AMENDMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to members of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF), as well as the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Director of Forestry J.S. Hailwa remarked that the new import declaration requirements under the amended Lacey Act should not impo [...] |
2008-12-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO WA |
| 08WINDHOEK407 |
SIZING UP THE RDP [...] (C) Summary: The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) celebrated its first birthday in November. The party may be new to Namibian politics, but its players are not. Led by former SWAPO stalwarts and well-known personalities elected at the party's December 5 congress, the RDP seems poised to [...] |
2008-12-15 13:21:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV WA |
| 08WINDHOEK95 |
NAMIBIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT ZIMBABWE, NOT READY TO MAKE PUBLIC [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hausiku told the Ambassador on March 7 that Namibia was "concerned" by the situation in Zimbabwe, but would not issue a public statement in the absence of declared results by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The Ambassador urged the GRN to encourage all parties in [...] |
2008-04-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI WA |
| 08WINDHOEK97 |
NAMIBIA TO REVIEW U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL [...] (U) During a March 7 meeting, the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku that the USG would be pleased to enter into negotiations to discuss the draft Status of Forces Agreement that the Embassy provided to MFA officials in November 2007 (ref A) and the Ambassador again delivered on Ap [...] |
2008-04-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA |
| 09KABUL3505 |
STOPPING THE PROLIFERATION OF FERTILIZER-BASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kabul is implementing an action plan in conjunction with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and partner embassies to halt the proliferation of fertilizer-based homemade explosives (HME). Ins [...] |
2009-11-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER ETTC EAGR KDEM MOPS PGOV AF WA PK |
| 09LONDON584 |
UK RECEPTIVE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING IRANIAN [...] (S) Our (USG) demarche contains "a persuasive message" to share with Namibia and HMG "should be willing" to remind the Namibian government and Rio Tinto about UNSCR 1737 prohibitions on the sale or transfer of uranium to Iran, Simon Mustard, the Head of Regional Issues in the Foreign and Commo [...] |
2009-03-05 17:18:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY UK WA |
| 09MOSCOW1824 |
RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...] |
2009-07-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO |
| 09MOSCOW1825 |
RUSSIA'S RETURN TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's June trip to Africa marked Russia's attempt to "return" to Africa and increase economic ties after a period of relative inactivity on the continent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Medvedev visited Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia, and Angola June 23-27, a [...] |
2009-07-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EPET EMIN RS XA EG WA NI AO |
| 09PORTLOUIS328 |
(C) MAURITIUS: INSIGHTS ON SADC ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI |
| 09STATE105628 |
NAMIBIA: RESPONSE TO ROSSING REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Background: In response to the latest theft of uranium oxide from Rio Tinto's Rossing Uranium facility, Managing Director Mike Leech reached out to Ambassador Mathieu to request USG assistance for technical assistance on its security progr [...] |
2009-10-09 17:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL IR WA |
| 09STATE124144 |
COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - NAMIBIA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-03 22:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC WA |
| 09STATE39059 |
SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS IN WINDHOEK, NOMIBIA [...] Due to the HIV/AIDS Implementers Conference being held in Windhoek June 8-14, 2009 (comprising approximately 1700 participants from around the world), there will be a shortage of hotel accommodations in the city during the month of June. 2. Post strongly encourages official trave [...] |
2009-04-20 18:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA WA |
| 09STATE60606 |
NAMIBIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] |
2009-06-12 00:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG WA |
| 09STATE6254 |
DEMARCHE: EXPORT PERMITS FOR NAMIBIAN CHEETAHS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The objective of this demarche is to encourage the Government of Namibia (GRN) to issue export permits for 14 cheetahs to be sent to two world-class animal husbandry facilities in the U.S. The animals in question are currently housed by the Cheetah C [...] |
2009-01-23 18:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENVR WA |
| 09STATE96693 |
(C) SOUTHERN AFRICA: KUDOS AND FOLLOW UP [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR GABORONE 000674, "THOUGHTS ON ENGAGING WITH SADC." THE CABLE WAS INSIGHTFUL AND TIMELY, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) SUMMIT IN GABORONE. ANALYSTS FOUND REFTEL,S DISCUSSION O [...] |
2009-09-17 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MP MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI |
| 09USUNNEWYORK488 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NAMIBIAN PERMREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a May 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Namibian PermRep Kaire Mbuende expressed frustration with the constraints of the traditional UN voting block dynamic and suggested that the U.S. and Namibian PermReps work more directly together on key issues. Mbuende confirmed Nami [...] |
2009-05-12 14:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSCS SF SO WA XA ZU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK890 |
GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...] |
2009-10-10 02:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM |
| 09WINDHOEK105 |
WELCOME TO NAMIBIA [...] On behalf of all of us at the U.S. Mission in Namibia, congratulations on your assignment to Windhoek! We look forward to welcoming you to our community and to making your stay here as productive and pleasant as possible. Namibia is a beautiful country with its vast and varied landscapes full [...] |
2009-03-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT WA |
| 09WINDHOEK11 |
NAMIBIA UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] Summary: The worst forms of child labor are taking place in Namibia. Evidence suggests that it is most prevalent in the agriculture and livestock, domestic service, charcoal production, and commercial sex industry sectors. Three cases were reported and investigated during the reporting period [...] |
2009-01-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI WA USAID |
| 09WINDHOEK118 |
UPDATE ON CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN NAMIBIA [...] (C) China provided significant financial support to the ruling SWAPO party during the liberation struggle, and today it continues to maintain close political, financial, and commercial ties to SWAPO. The Chinese government has given the GRN over 1 billion Namibian dollars since independence ( [...] |
2009-04-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR WA CH |
| 09WINDHOEK120 |
NAMIBIA: ALLEGATIONS OF SECURITY BREACHES OF GOVERNMENT COMPU [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-09 12:36:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KCIP PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK121 |
NAMIBIA: ALLEGATIONS OF SECURITY BREACHES OF [...] (C) On April 4, Rainer Ritter (protect), suspended CEO of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA), informed Ambassador Mathieu that he had discovered irregularities with regard to NAMFISAQs computer system. He further stated that he had reported those irregularities [...] |
2009-04-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KCIP PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK131 |
NAMIBIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] (U) Embassy Windhoek's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: Name: Frank DeParis Title: Economic and Commercial Officer Phone: 264 (0) 61 295-8549 Class Email: deparisf@state.sgov.gov Unclass Email: deparisf@state.gov 2. (U) Embassy Wind [...] |
2009-04-20 16:15:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER WA |
| 09WINDHOEK135 |
NAMIBIA: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The Namibian government makes its annual budget publicly available on an annual basis. Responses to specific questions about the budget are keyed to the questions in paragraph three of reftel. Question 1. Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. forei [...] |
2009-04-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK156 |
NAMIBIA: THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Nineteen years after independence from South Africa, white Namibians still own the vast majority of commercial farm land. The Namibian government's (GRN) land reform efforts have helped resettle more than 3000 black Namibian families on previously white owned farms, but the program sti [...] |
2009-05-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK159 |
NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT AND ROSSING REAFFIRM NO [...] (S) Namibia's Rossing Uranium mine has been in production since 1976, and since its establishment the Government of Iran (GOI) - then under the Shah - has maintained a financial stake in the operation. Today, the Iran Foreign Investment Company (IFIC) maintains the GOI's 15 percent stake. Lik [...] |
2009-05-08 11:29:00 | Embassy Windhoek | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK162 |
NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE ON HCOC DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to the Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julius Zaya Shiweva, at the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 6. The deputy director was unfamiliar with the HCOC. Asked i [...] |
2009-05-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA WA |
| 09WINDHOEK167 |
NAMIBIA VISA RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE: IMMIGRATION POLICIES [...] Action requests - please see paras. 11 and 12. 2. (SBU) Although American citizens generally clear Namibian immigration without incident, Americans traveling on business sometimes find themselves caught in the middle of unclear, contradictory Namibian immigration policies. In two separate [...] |
2009-05-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK176 |
DEMARCHE ON BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPON CONVENTION [...] On May 14, Ambassador Mathieu joined her counterparts from Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as the DCM from France, to deliver a demarche to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete regarding the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC). Deputy Permanent Secretary Asheeke and Mul [...] |
2009-05-19 17:35:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK18 |
FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, IRAN [...] (C) On January 21, Ambassador met with Namibian Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku to convey a New Year's greeting and discuss the situation in Zimbabwe. Hausiku also briefly mentioned Namibia's overtures to Iran. -------- Zimbabwe -------- 2. (C) Ambassador began by urging the Government [...] |
2009-01-21 15:57:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA ZI IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK182 |
NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming United Nations Conference on the "World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development" to the Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julius Zaya Shiweva, at the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 20. Post als [...] |
2009-05-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA WA |
| 09WINDHOEK183 |
NAMIBIA: NO DEAL FOR IRAN [...] (C) On May 15, Ambassador Mathieu asked the Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr. Erkki Nghimtina, whether he had recently met with an Iranian delegation to discuss uranium sales. Nghimtina said he had met with the Ambassador of Iran (no date specified), who reportedly stated Iran hoped to come to [...] |
2009-05-20 16:31:00 | Embassy Windhoek | SECRET | MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK191 |
NAMIBIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TESTS [...] On May 28, the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a press statement in connection with the reported nuclear tests conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Begin text. 2. At the outset it is worth mentioning that the Republic of Namibia is a State Party to th [...] |
2009-05-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK193 |
SACU Secretariat Praises US-SACU Relationship [...] (SBU) A May 14 Namibian newspaper article alleged that the USG had abandoned its commitment to continuing trade discussions under the July 2008 Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA) signed by the United States and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). In a publi [...] |
2009-05-29 09:24:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK20 |
NAMIBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Summary. Post is pleased to submit its 2009 Investment Climate for Namibia. Per reftel paragraph 13, Post sent the ICS in Microsoft Word format to J. Nathaniel Hatcher and his backup Gregory N. Hicks on January 16. End Summary. BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Openness to [...] |
2009-01-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK200 |
Rossing Uranium Mine Has Ambitious Plans [...] (SBU) Rio Tinto's Rossing Uranium is Namibia's flagship mine. It has been in continuous operation since 1976. The mine currently produces about 7.8 percent of global uranium oxide (U3O8) and expects to increase to 10 percent by 2012 when current expansions are completed. Rossing accounts for [...] |
2009-06-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD KNNP SENV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK201 |
Namibia's Budget - Trying to Grow Responsibly? [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila tabled the Namibian government's (GRN) latest budget on March 20, shortly before the April 1 start of the new fiscal year. Due to the global economic crisis government, revenues are expected to fall for the next two years, while spending wil [...] |
2009-06-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK202 |
Namibia's Uranium - Today a Boom, Tomorrow What? [...] (SBU) The Erongo region of Namibia hosts numerous economically viable uranium deposits. There are two mines in production, an additional one that will enter production by 2010, and some 19 prospects in various stages of evaluation. Currently the fourth largest uranium producer in the world, N [...] |
2009-06-03 15:02:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD KNNP SENV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK209 |
Namibia's Lone Gold Mine Plans to Double Output [...] (SBU) Summary. AngloGold Ashanti's Navachab Gold Mine is Namibia's only gold producer. The open-pit mine is located in a region that hosts numerous low-grade and uneconomic deposits, but the potential for expansion is favorable. Navachab is a small producer with an output of about one to one [...] |
2009-06-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD KNNP SENV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK213 |
SADC TRIBUNAL RULES AGAIN IN FAVOR OF ZIMBABWEAN FARMERS [...] (U) This report was coordinated with Embassy Harare. 2. (U) On June 6, the SADC Tribunal again sided with the Zimbabwean farmers who are seeking an order to stop the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) from expropriating their farms. The court ruled unanimously that the GOZ was in contempt of th [...] |
2009-06-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL WA ZI |
| 09WINDHOEK221 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) Building on our ongoing discussion with the Government of Namibia (Ref B), on June 19, Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Anne Mutelo Namakau, Deputy Director for Africa in the Bilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mutelo Namakau agreed that both sides must retu [...] |
2009-06-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SADC MA WA |
| 09WINDHOEK246 |
NAMIBIA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) While Namibia maintained positive economic growth in 2008, the consensus for 2009 is that the economy will shrink between 0.6 and 2.0 percent. Two of Namibia's primary sectors, mining and fishing, shrank considerably in 2008 and all indications are that this slump is continuing in 2009. [...] |
2009-07-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK261 |
PROTESTERS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF THE CUBAN FIVE [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, 2009 individuals peacefully gathered at US Embassy Windhoek's vehicle gate demanding the release of incarcerated Cuban intelligence officers known as the "Cuban Five". The demonstration was nonviolent and no incidents were reported. End Summary 2. (U) On July 14, 20 [...] |
2009-07-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CU WA |
| 09WINDHOEK272 |
PARTY FINANCING OPACITY A HUGE BOON TO SWAPO [...] (C) Summary: Political parties in Namibia have no legal requirement to disclose the sources of private domestic funding, while public funding is dictated by the number of seats a party holds in the National Assembly. Both systems heavily benefit the ruling South West African People's Organiza [...] |
2009-07-29 11:48:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK280 |
RAUL CASTRO VISITS NAMIBIA [...] (SBU) Following on the heels of a much-publicized visit by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev (reftel), the Government of Namibia welcomed Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz on July 19 to Windhoek. The day-and-a-half-long visit, Castro's first to the southern African country, included a meeting wit [...] |
2009-08-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CU WA |
| 09WINDHOEK285 |
NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT IN STAND-OFF WITH CONGOLESE [...] On July 8, 41 Congolese refugees fled the Osire Refugee Camp, 220km northwest of Windhoek, where many had been living for the past decade. The group, which includes 23 children, cited security issues and "death threats" from the Government of Namibia (GRN) after they complained about living co [...] |
2009-08-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PREL WA CG |
| 09WINDHOEK296 |
NAMIBIA'S URANIUM: THE TRADE MINISTER'S VIEWS [...] (C) Namibia's Minister of Trade and Industry Hage Geingob recently shared his views on his country's rapidly growing uranium mining industry with Ambassador Mathieu. The Ambassador emphasized the need for the Namibian Government (GRN) to be watchful of Iran that might attempt to employ variou [...] |
2009-08-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK30 |
NAMIBIA: NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/DRILL [...] (C) At the request of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies -- per reftel -- that it has received a report indicating an unannounced (and as yet unconfirmed) drill designed to simulate the discovery of illicit radiological material [...] |
2009-02-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC WA |
| 09WINDHOEK302 |
NAMIBIA: CORRUPTION CASES TO NET BIG FISH? [...] (SBU) Namibia's Public Services Commissioner Teckla Lameck and her two business partners (a Namibian and Chinese national) are alleged to have defrauded the Namibian government (GRN) of USD $4.2 million. The alleged corrupt acts are linked to a deal involving the GRN's purchase of x-ray scann [...] |
2009-08-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR CH WA |
| 09WINDHOEK304 |
BIO NOTE: ZACKEY NUJOMA [...] (SBU) Sakaria "Zackey" Nefungo Nujoma was born in 1957 to Sam Nujoma and Kovombo Theopoldine Katjimune. He is the youngest surviving son of Namibia's former president and founding father as well as the brother to Deputy Justice Minister Uutoni Nujoma, the only other surviving child of Sam Nujo [...] |
2009-08-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL MNUC EINV KNNP IR CA WA |
| 09WINDHOEK315 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KP CHAIR EXPLAINS HIS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Ambassador Mathieu delivered demarche (reftel A) to Kimberley Process Chair Bernhard Esau September 2. Esau, who is also Namibia's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, characterized his mid August trip to Zimbabwe as a bilateral mission, not as an official KP Chair visit. The trip result [...] |
2009-09-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PHUM ASEC ZI WA |
| 09WINDHOEK324 |
NAMIBIA REEVALUATES CHINESE EXIM LOANS [...] (SBU) Summary: During President Hu Jintao's state visit to Namibia in 2007, the two governments signed an agreement for a concessionary loan, and a credit line - each valued at approximately USD 130 million. In July, the Namibian government (GRN) announced the suspension of its line of credi [...] |
2009-09-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL PGOV CH WA |
| 09WINDHOEK326 |
REFUGEES IN NAMIBIA: IMPENDING FOOD CRISIS AMIDST DURABLE [...] (U) The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the GRN's Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI) made a joint presentation to representatives from the diplomatic community in Windhoek on September 4 concerning durable solutions for the integration or resettlement of 800 [...] |
2009-09-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK327 |
NAMIBIA WILL NOT ATTEND POTUS LUNCH [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA WA |
| 09WINDHOEK328 |
POLITICAL STARS WAX AND WANE: SWAPO HOLDS ITS [...] (SBU) On September 5 and 6, Namibia's ruling party, the Southwest African People's Organization (SWAPO), held its electoral college. Delegates from around the country threw their hats into the ring in hopes of becoming one of 72 on the party list, contenders for a seat in the National Assembly [...] |
2009-09-11 09:30:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK348 |
NAMIBIA: URANIUM THEFT PROMPTS ROSSING RESPONSE [...] Action request - please see para 11. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The recent theft of 170 kilograms of uranium oxide from Rio Tinto's Rossing Uranium facility has forced the company to strengthen its security posture, Rossing Uranium's Managing Director Mike Leech told Ambassador Ma [...] |
2009-09-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK350 |
JOINT WFP/UNHCR FOOD APPEAL FOR OSIRE REFUGESS [...] (U) Post has received a joint letter from WFP and UNHCR, dated September 23, 2009, making a formal appeal for food assistance for refugees in the Osire settlement. Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: 23 September 2009 H.E. Ms. G.D.T. Mathieu Ambassad [...] |
2009-09-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK354 |
Work Permits and AMCIT travel in Namibia: Continuing [...] Action Requests - see paras 15 and 16. 2. (U) Post has experienced extensive delays in the initial issuance and renewal of work permits for some USG employees and contractors. Also, as reported reftel, Americans traveling for tourism and business have experienced difficulties at ports of ent [...] |
2009-09-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK360 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - WINDHOEK [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Namibia is a developing country with one of the world's highest levels of income inequality. Namibia has a population of roughly 2 million, with a low NIV and a moderate ACS workload. Culturally, there are strong ties to family and clan identity, as well as a strong [...] |
2009-09-30 15:07:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC WA |
| 09WINDHOEK37 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NUJOMA [...] (C) On February 2, Ambassador met with former Namibian President and founding father, Sam Nujoma. Nujoma was in good spirits and spoke enthusiastically about the new U.S. administration and its potential impact on U.S. foreign policy. He also briefly commented on the state of democracy in Na [...] |
2009-02-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK374 |
NAMIBIA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the AGOA Eligibility Review submission for Namibia. Responses are keyed to paragraph 3 of reftel. End Summary. Country: NAMIBIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. (SBU) Country Background Summary: Namibia has a population of approximately 2.1 million (proj [...] |
2009-10-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK375 |
ROSSING ACCEPTS DOE OFFER OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) CDA conveyed to Rossing MD Michael Leech on October 15 reftel offer from DOE's Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) to meet with Rossing officials to discuss the company's security needs. Leech said the first half of December would be good timing for a visit, as Rossing would have [...] |
2009-10-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL IR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK38 |
NAMIBIA: TURBULENT SKIES AND RICKETY RAILS [...] (SBU) A recent spate of small aircraft accidents has highlighted the poor state of the Namibian private aviation sector. Industry insiders point to the lack of proper oversight as a key weakness. Members of the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) acknowledge that they lack sufficient air tra [...] |
2009-02-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON ELTN PGOV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK387 |
NAMIBIA INCLINED TO SUPPORT US IMO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on September 28. On October 22, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Veendapi Kamupingene stated to econoff telephonically that Namibia was "inclined" to support the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organizat [...] |
2009-10-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AA AORC EWWT IMO PHSA UK WA |
| 09WINDHOEK424 |
SWAPO DODGES CHINESE SCHOLARSHIP SCANDAL [...] (U) Summary. For weeks, the Namibian government has been under pressure by the public, the media, and the political opposition to explain how the children of ten prominent government officials, including the president, were awarded coveted scholarships to study in China. Many Namibians, inclu [...] |
2009-11-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM WA CH PA |
| 09WINDHOEK432 |
NAMIBIA ASKS DOE TO REVIEW SALE OF URANIUM TO USEC [...] Action request - please see paragraph 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Veston Malango, General Manger of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia (CMN), called on Ambassador Mathieu to convey his organization's concern over the U.S. Department of Energy's plan to sell excess USG uranium to [...] |
2009-11-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK433 |
NAMIBIAN ELECTION PRIMER [...] Summary. Namibia will hold its fourth National Assembly and Presidential elections on November 27 and 28. Fourteen political parties are contesting 72 National Assembly seats, and a record 12 candidates will contest the presidency. The ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) p [...] |
2009-11-25 13:12:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK436 |
NAMIBIANS AWAIT ELECTION RESULTS [...] Namibia held its fourth post-independence general elections on November 27 and 28. Fourteen political parties contested 72 National Assembly seats, and a record 12 candidates contested the presidency. After two 14-hour days of voting followed by marathon sessions to count and verify ballots, [...] |
2009-11-30 16:11:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK439 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECEMBER VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF [...] On December 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Michael Ndivayele, the new director for multilateral affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Building on an earlier discussion on the subject of religious defamation with Ndiavyele's predecessor, Poloff pointed to Namibia's voting record [...] |
2009-12-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM UNAUS WA |
| 09WINDHOEK440 |
NAMIBIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Namibia enjoys a low terrorism threat. No acts of international or domestic terrorism took place in Namibia in 2009. 2. (U) In 2009, the Government of Namibia (GRN) passed (but has not yet enacted) the Communications Bill, which allows intelligence services to monitor emails and Intern [...] |
2009-12-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK441 |
NAMIBIANS GROW TIRED OF ELECTION DELAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. As vote tabulation enters its sixth day, Namibians are asking when the final results from the November 27 and 28 general election will be announced. The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has confirmed results from 47 of 107 constituencies. Those figures show the South West [...] |
2009-12-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK45 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE: EXPORT PERMITS FOR CHEETAHS [...] This cable includes two action requests. Please see paras 6 and 7. EXPORT OF CHEETAHS ------------------ 2. Ambassador Mathieu delivered reftel demarche to Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's Minister of Environment and Tourism, on February 4. The Ambassador explained that the U.S. cons [...] |
2009-02-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK453 |
NAMIBIA: OPPOSITION CONTESTS FINAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) After six days of counting, tabulating, and verifying votes, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) issued its final results for the November 27-28 2009 Presidential and National Assembly (parliamentary) elections late on December 4. The ruling SWAPO party and the incumbent Preside [...] |
2009-12-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM WA |
| 09WINDHOEK459 |
NAMIBIA: 2009-2010 INCSR PART I [...] (SBU) While occasionally used as a drug transit point, Namibia is not a major drug producer or exporter. Statistics for 2009 showed a marked decrease in illegal drug seizures compared to previous years, with approximately $300,000 worth of drugs (589 kilograms of marijuana, plus extremely smal [...] |
2009-12-11 11:11:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK461 |
Namibian Opposition Parties Plan Court Appeal of Election [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: On December 11, opposition party youth leagues marched and submitted a petition demanding nullification of the election results to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). Opposition parties also announced their intenti [...] |
2009-12-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK468 |
Namibian Supreme Court Rules Independently, Finds Labor Law [...] (SBU) On December 14, the Namibian Supreme Court unanimously ruled as unconstitutional a provision of the 2007 Labor Act which prohibited employers from using labor hire, i.e., third-party hired temporary or contract workers. Opponents of labor hire see the industry as akin to the "inhumane" [...] |
2009-12-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV WA |
| 09WINDHOEK484 |
Global Health Initiative: Namibia Comment [...] (U) Post welcomes the opportunity to respond to reftel, "Global Health Initiative: Promoting Greater Awareness and Participation." The USG team in Namibia strongly supports GHI's seven guiding principles. Specifically, the focus on women and girls as the "gateway" to families is crucial, but [...] |
2009-12-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV KWMN KOCI WA |
| 09WINDHOEK514 |
Namibia: Human Rights Trends Pertaining to Sexual [...] (SBU) Legislation: Namibia has no legislation that criminalizes same-sex relationships and none is being contemplated that would target gays or lesbians. Article 10 of the Namibian constitution prohibits any form of discrimination. Sodomy -- defined as sexual intercourse between two [...] |
2009-12-30 10:04:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM WA PGOV |
| 09WINDHOEK52 |
2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT ON [...] (U) Response to 23 A: The Government of Namibia (GRN) does not gather statistics on trafficking in persons (TIP). The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MEGCW) keeps statistics on the number of women who are victims of domestic violence. The Women and Child Protection Unit of the p [...] |
2009-02-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF WA |
| 09WINDHOEK6 |
PRESIDENT HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-13 15:19:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL WA |
| 09WINDHOEK65 |
PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS: NO SALE OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Windhoek | SECRET | EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM WA TRGY |
| 09WINDHOEK69 |
Namibian Agriculture: An Inefficient but Key Employer [...] (SBU) Namibian agriculture employs - directly and indirectly -- approximately 70 percent of working Namibians. However, it contributes to less than ten percent of gross domestic product. Despite so much human activity involved in farming, Namibia's desert climate makes it highly dependent on f [...] |
2009-02-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK70 |
DISASTER ALERT: NAMIBIA-SEVERE FLOODING IN NORTHERN AND [...] Torrential rains in Angola and northern Namibia in January and February 2009 have caused serious flooding in the north and north east of Namibia. Thousands of people have already been affected and every day the situation is getting worse. The floods in the northern regions have already claimed [...] |
2009-02-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV ECON WA |
| 09WINDHOEK71 |
NAMIBIA: USG AG COOPERATION - A GOOD NEWS STORY [...] (C) The USG has for many years collaborated with the government of Namibia (GRN) in the latter's attempt to boost its agricultural productivity, improve its plant and animal health systems, and gain access to U.S. markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conducted most U.S. agr [...] |
2009-02-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR WA |
| 09WINDHOEK72 |
SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE - [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. Post is not aware of any religious or ethnic communities in Namibia that actively and publicly espouse specifically anti-American positions. Moreover, there are very few public demonstrations in general in Namibia. Namibia's approximately 2500-member Muslim communit [...] |
2009-02-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Windhoek | SECRET | ASEC PTER WA |
| 09WINDHOEK81 |
Embassy Science Fellows Program 2009: Namibia [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Windhoek is pleased to provide our request for a 2009 Embassy Science Fellow. This proposal is keyed to reftel. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Section 1: Subject of Proposal and General Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (U) Propos [...] |
2009-03-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ECON AMGT APER EPA WA |
| 09WINDHOEK82 |
NAMIBIA ON KIMBERLEY PROCESS CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Namibia's newly appointed chair of the Kimberley Process (KP) -- Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Bernhardt Esau -- told DCM on February 24 that Zimbabwe would be his primary challenge. He plans a site visit there shortly and has invited South Africa and Angola to join the delegation, [...] |
2009-03-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC EMIN ETRD WA |
| 09WINDHOEK85 |
NAMIBIA: KP CHAIR ON ZIMBABWE'S ILLICIT DIAMONDS [...] (C) On March 6, econoff delivered reftel A demarche to Vicky Dan, assistant to the Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Bernhardt Esau. The KP Chair's visit to Zimbabwe from March 14-18 will go forward with a mainly Namibian contingent, without members from civil society, but perhaps representatives [...] |
2009-03-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EMIN ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL ECON WA |
| 09WINDHOEK95 |
Disaster declaration: Namibia-severe flooding in northern [...] This is an action cable. See paras 2 and 8. 2. On March 17, 2009, the President of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) declared a disaster and issued a request for international assistance for the flood-affected northern and northeastern regions of the country: Omusati, Ohangwena, Oshana, Oshiko [...] |
2009-03-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV ECON WA |
| 10WINDHOEK114 |
Namibia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor in 2009 [...] No single agency is responsible for the enforcement of laws relating to hazardous child labor. However, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare's Labor Inspectorate coordinated enforcement of the laws. The inspectorate's work was supported by the Namibian Police's Woman and Child Protection U [...] |
2010-02-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI WA |
| 10WINDHOEK116 |
Demarche Delivered: U.S. Proposals for CITES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Emboff met with representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), who will be delegates to the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP-15) for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...] |
2010-02-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV FWS WA KSCA AORC UNEP |
| 10WINDHOEK118 |
Namibia Associates with Copenhagen [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-05 11:23:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV WA |
| 10WINDHOEK126 |
Namibia's Rainbow Project Protests Anti-Homosexual [...] (U) On February 3, the civil society organization The Rainbow Project (TRP) organized a demonstration to protest anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda and Malawi. The group represents and provides support to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons living in Namibia. TRP [...] |
2010-02-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV WA MI UG |
| 10WINDHOEK128 |
Visas Viper: January 2010 Monthly Report [...] During this month, post's Visas Viper Committee met as follows: DATE: January 29, 2010 PRESENT: A/DCM, CONS, DAO, RSO 2. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is Consular Officer Charles Jarrett. The committee is chaired by DCM Matthew Harrington. As of February 1, 2010, only [...] |
2010-02-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
| 10WINDHOEK132 |
Namibia: Chinese Engagement and Potential Areas for [...] (SBU)Summary. Namibia and China enjoy excellent relations based on historical ties and current bilateral trade and development assistance. Those ties have only strengthened since 2007, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Namibia and the two governments signed an agreement for a concessio [...] |
2010-02-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CH WA |
| 10WINDHOEK156 |
2010 Annual Trafficking Report on Namibia [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post submits input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report for Namibia. ----------------------------------- Namibia's TIP Situation ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Response to 25 A: The Government of Namibia (GRN) is in the early stages of d [...] |
2010-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF MCA ELAB KTIP KCRM SMIG KWMN KFRD WA |
| 10WINDHOEK164 |
Embassy Windhoek Contact for ICT Issues [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON WA |
| 10WINDHOEK166 |
SWAPO CRUSHES OPPOSITION AGAIN IN OKAHANDJA BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Three months after Namibia's contested National Assembly and presidential elections, residents of the Okahandja constituency returned to the polls on February 24 to vote for a regional councilor. In another year, this by-election for a small constituency would have passed witho [...] |
2010-02-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV WA |
| 10WINDHOEK168 |
Demarche Delivered: Goldstone Follow-up Action [...] (U) On February 25, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Michael Ndivaele, director of multilateral affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ndivaele had no substantive comments on Namibia's position, but took considerable interest in the subject, including requesting follow-up informat [...] |
2010-02-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA WA |
| 10WINDHOEK174 |
CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS - NAMIBIA [...] Post completed its review on February 26, 2010. 2. DCM Matthew Harrington, FE-OC, along with ACO/Consular Chief Charles Jarrett, certifies successful completion of the review and that Post is in full compliance. 3. Certification comments follow for specific areas cited i [...] |
2010-02-26 11:46:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT CASC KFRD WA |
| 10WINDHOEK21 |
Namibia: Still Bullish on Fishing [...] (SBU) Fishing is one of Namibia's top industries, contributing between three and seven percent of GDP since 1990, and about 20 percent of export earnings. The fishing industry is trying to diversify both its markets and its products. The Namibian government (GRN) has been largely successful i [...] |
2010-02-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON FWS NMFS WA |
| 10WINDHOEK25 |
Namibian Foreign Minister Discusses MINURCAT, SADC [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17, Ambassador paid a New Year courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Hausiku. Hausiku offered his views on Namibia's contribution to the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) in light of Chad's President Deby's call to end [...] |
2010-02-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU KPKO KMCA WA CD |
| 10WINDHOEK3 |
Namibians Skeptical That Zimbabwe Will Cut Off Power [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite recent news reports that Zimbabwe's Energy Minister had ordered his country's utility ZESA to stop exports of electricity to Namibia except from Hwange, ZESA continues "business as usual" in providing Namibia power. Namibia's national power utility NamPower and ZESA signe [...] |
2010-01-14 16:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG DOE ZI WA |
| 10WINDHOEK4 |
VISAS VIPER: December 2009 Monthly Activity Report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
| 10WINDHOEK42 |
Namibia: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) is committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through attracting foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Act of 1990 is the primary legislation that governs foreign direct investment in Namibia. The Ministry of Trade and In [...] |
2010-01-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC WA |
| 10WINDHOEK60 |
RECALL 10 WINDHOEK 60 [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO WA |
| 10WINDHOEK64 |
Namibia: 2010 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) [...] (U) Embassy Windhoek is pleased to submit its 2010 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) request. Post has identified two priorities for 2010 BFIF funding: (1) $6494 - Local Trade Fair Participation (2) $3500 - Training for Locally Engaged Staff (LES) Both items w [...] |
2010-01-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO WA |
| 10WINDHOEK7 |
Namibia's Rossing Uranium -- A USG Evaluation [...] (SBU) A combined National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and State Department team visited Rio Tinto's Rossing Uranium Mine and received a detailed briefing on the September 2009 theft of uranium oxide (reftel A), reviewed the company's mitigation measures to prevent future thefts, and disc [...] |
2010-01-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Windhoek | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IR WA |
| 10WINDHOEK78 |
Namibia Pledges to Assist Haiti Via Cuban Government [...] Poloff delivered Ref A and B to Alan Hattle, Director of Bilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on January 19. Ambassador underscored the message to Prime Minister Nahas Angula on January 25, following press reports that Namibia planned to donate USD one million in humani [...] |
2010-01-25 15:28:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV HA CU WA |
| 10WINDHOEK80 |
Namibia Wary of Copenhagen [...] (SBU) On January 25, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Prime Minister Nahas Angula, urging the Government of Namibia to associate with the Copenhagen Accord without delay. Angula indicated his government was disappointed with the outcome of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the [...] |
2010-01-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV WA |
| 10WINDHOEK90 |
Namibia Wary, But Aligning with Copenhagen [...] (U) Following up on the demarche delivered by Ambassador to Prime Minsiter Nahas Angula on January 25 (REF A), Emboff met on January 27 with the Teofilus Nghitila, Director of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism. 2. (SBU) Nghitila expressed disappointment wit [...] |
2010-01-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV WA |
| 10WINDHOEK94 |
VISAS VIPER: ADISI, Muhammed Salim [...] (U) Embassy Windhoek's Visas Viper Committee met on January 29, 2010. The following were present at the meeting: A/DCM, DAO, RSO and CONS. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is Consular Officer Charles Jarrett. The committee is usually chaired by DCM Matthew Harrington; as he is currently [...] |
2010-01-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC WA |
| 85GABORONE98 |
ANGOLANS IN SADF SEEK REFUGE IN BOTSWANA [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, TWO ANGOLAN MEMBERS OF THE SADF, WITH THEIR FAMILIES, SOUGHT REFUGEE STATUS IN BOTSWANA AND APPLIED FOR THE AMERICAN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM. AFTER MEETING WITH EMBOFFS, THE MEN WERE SENT TO THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICIALS TO REGISTER [...] |
1985-01-10 10:05:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SREF SHUM PGOV WA SF BC |
| 96WINDHOEK1695 |
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: [...] FOLLOWING IS IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED REFTEL. WOMEN AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ------------------------------ 2. THE NAMIBIAN CONSTITUTION IS VERY PROGRESSIVE IN GUARANTEEING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS TO ALL CITIZENS. IN ADDITIONAL TO GENERAL GUARANTEES OF LIFE, LIBERTY, RESPECT [...] |
1996-06-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN SADC WA |