A New Flame Has Come
On Saturday, 21 March 2015, President Hage Geingob was officially sworn in at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek in what was a festive and joyous occasion witnessed by thousands.
On a day that threatened rain throughout, the ominous dark clouds did not discourage many Windhoek residents from making their way to the stadium for the swearing-in ceremony and the 25th Independence anniversary festivities that ran until the evening.
VIP guests present at the ceremony included Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Angola's Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Botswana's Ian Khama, SA Vice President Cyril Ramaphosa and former President Thabo Mbeki, amongst other luminaries, as well as an assemblage of incoming and outgoing Namibian Cabinet and parliamentary members and heads of political parties.
The message of President Geingob's first presidential address to the Namibian nation was one of fighting poverty and inequality.
Click here to read the Inaugural Speech by Dr Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia
Please click here for address by outgoing President Hifikepunye Pohamba...