Sawi Hausiku

RUNDU – To gain a two-thirds majority in the 2024 Namibian general election on 27 November, the ruling Swapo Party said at least 1.3 or 1.4 million registered voters should go to the polls.

Party secretary general Sophia Shaningwa expressed this during the Swapo Party Youth League rally that was held at Rundu over the weekend. 

Earlier last week, President Nangolo Mbumba in a meeting with the Electoral Commission of Namibia officials expressed concern over the low turnout of eligible voters to register for the upcoming elections.

Currently, only 900 000 out of over 1.7 million eligible voters have registered, with the voter registration period’s end on 1 August in sight.

Mbumba stressed the importance of addressing the issue to ensure a comprehensive and credible electoral process.

“From today to 1 August, make sure your girlfriends, wives, husbands, brothers and sisters all have voter cards. We want to make sure that we sit comrade Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah comfortably in State House,” Shaningwa said at the rally.

She called on party members, many of whom travelled from all 14 regions of the country, to all become information and mobilisation officers.

She asked the leadership of the region to mobilise vehicles that will get those who are not registered to the registration points.

Shaningwa said she would not rest until their candidate, Nandi-Ndaitwah, became president.

“I will not rest until the Swapo Party wins. Let’s make sure our candidate wins as well as the party, while we get a two-thirds majority,” she said.

She noted Nandi-Ndaitwah is a candidate of note, who followed in the footsteps of the previous presidents of the country, and served in various positions while in exile.

Secretary of SPYL Ephraim Nekongo called on all youth in the country to vote for Nandi-Ndaitwah, who, as a mother, has their interest at heart.

“We call on all the workers to rally behind Nandi-Ndaitwah, who will never sell them out. We call on the veterans (of the liberation struggle) to walk with this brave leader, who will never compromise the revolution,” he added.

He assured Nandi-Ndaitwah that come 21 March 2025, she will be sworn in as Namibia’s fifth president. -Nampa