Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Namibia Fact Check rated the claim “A viral post on X claimed: "SWAPO vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah fainted and collapsed while giving a speech in Otjiwarongo yesterday. Nandi-Ndaitwah, whose true age is 82, and will be 90 in eight years, already visibly struggles to walk. Immediately after she collapsed and was rushed to h…” UNPROVEN Months since the alleged 'collapse' and there still is no evidence, whether photographic / visual or medical, publicly available that proves that the 'collapse' actually occurred..

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

FactCheckZW rated the claim “To date, 24 African women have served as heads of state or govt across 17 different countries, but only 3 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia) Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania) and now Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia) | have actually won elections through direct popular vote.” Partly true The claim: ‘To date, 24 African women have served as heads of state or govt across 17 different countries, but only 3 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia) Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania) and now Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia) | have actually won elections through direct popular vote,’ is partly true in that while Sirleaf and Ndaitwah have directly contested and won elections, the same cannot be said of Hassan. She is currently completing the remainder of the term of Magufuli, her predecessor who died in March 2021..

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Claimed: “The ruling party’s candidate for the presidential election of 27 November 2024, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, stated that the ruling party government would spend about N$85 billion over the next five years to create “more than 500,000 jobs”.” — rated FALSE The Swapo Party manifesto states that the next government, to be headed by Nandi-Ndaitwah, would spend N$85.7 billion to create exactly 256,538 jobs across various sectors of the economy. by Namibia Fact Check.

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Namibia Fact Check rated the claim “The headline of the New Era of 18 November 2024 reads: ‘Swapo promises N$85bn for job-creation … intends creating 5 000 jobs in five years’. The jobs figure is attributed to a campaign speech made by the Swapo Party presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on 16 November 2024.” FALSE In a recording in Namibia Fact Check's possession Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah clearly says the ruling party will create "over 500,000" jobs..

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