72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) has been elected as the first female president of Namibia.

Nandi-Ndaitwah's victory will extend SWAPO's 34 years in power since it led the country to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990

The 72 year old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected Namibia's first female president, securing 57% of the vote in last week’s election.

Spread This News BBC Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of the votes cast, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula getting 26%. But following logistical problems

Namibia has elected Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the incumbent Vice President, as the country’s next president on the ruling SWAPO party ticket. Nandi-Ndaitwah’s victory extends the SWAPO party’s dominance, which has been in power since Namibia’s independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. The 72-year-old Vice President secured over 57% of the…

With two-thirds of the votes counted from last week's presidential election, Namibia's Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is on track to become the country’s first-ever female president