{"id":1607,"date":"2021-09-03T12:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/electoral-commission-facelift"},"modified":"2021-09-03T14:11:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:11:31","slug":"electoral-commission-facelift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/electoral-commission-facelift","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Commission Facelift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Hage Geingob has appointed Jjoram Rukambe, Elsie Nghikembwa, and Dr. Emmerencia Leonard as members of the Electoral Commission of Namibia for a period of five years, with effect from 16 September 2021. The President also appointed Mr. Basilius M. 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