After the Supreme Court rejected their electoral challenge to the presidential election application last Friday, the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) and the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) formally withdrew the complaint they had filed in the Electoral Court. This ruling was made just two days before the Electoral Court was supposed to hear the issue...
Elections
LPM joins IPC election challenge
Iuze Mukube The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has become a co-applicant with the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) in their fight to have the results of November 2024 National Assembly elections set aside. This was granted by the Electoral Court yesterday, headed by Judge Hannelie Prinsloo and assisted by judges Orben Sibeya and Esi Schimming-Chase....
Election challenge overview …the case thus far – what is being contested
As parties in the election challenge matter currently before the Supreme Court await judgement set for 28 February, New Era’s Roland Routh summarises the major occurrences during the proceedings. Panduleni Itula, the president of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), brought a challenge to the presidential election held on 27 November last year, based on...
Electoral challenge put on ice
Three judges of the Electoral Court yesterday ordered that the challenge on the results of the National Assembly elections held last November be put on hold until the apex court decides on a similar matter. The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) brought the two applications – one against the outcome of the National Assembly elections...
Swapo retains Guinas
Festus Hamalwa Linea Dishena GUINAS – Swapo’s Moses Khumub won the Guinas constituency by-election with 1 407 votes, defeating his cousin Fransiskus Khumub from the Landless People’s Movement, who garnered 612 votes. The by-election took place on Friday and saw 2 019 votes cast, with 22 ballots rejected. It was necessitated by the death of...
All systems go for Guina’s showdown.
ONGWEDIVA – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is ready to pull today’s by-election in the Guinas constituency of the Oshikoto region. The readiness was revealed by De Wet Siluka, the Commission’s spokesperson, in an interview with this publication. According to Siluka, all polling stations have been provided with the necessary equipment and sufficient personnel...
Election Challenge: President’s lawyer waxes lyrical
Roland Routh Iuze Mukube Raymond Heathcote, President Nangolo Mbumba’s legal representative, lyrically quoted former British prime minister Winston Churchill when he argued against a stay application in the Electoral Court yesterday. Clearly in his element, Heathcote told the court that the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), who argued in favour of the stay application initiated...
UDF plays NA cards close to chest
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – With only two months until the swearing-in of National Assembly members following the pivotal elections in November 2024, the United Democratic Front (UDF) has yet to determine its parliamentary representatives for this term. The party secured two seats in last year’s elections, amassing 16 828 votes in the National Assembly race....
Opinion – Election lessons barely learnt
The 27 November 2024 Namibian elections came and went with mixed reactions in many parts of the country and other regional and international quarters. The political election dust has not settled yet, as some political parties have taken the Electoral Commission of Namibia to court. Contrary to this stand, some parties that gained fewer seats...
Election challenge dates to be determined in February
WINDHOEK – Supreme Court Judge Hosea Angula has postponed a matter in which the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is challenging the outcome of the 2024 presidential elections. Angula has informed the IPC and the respondents that the matter will return to court for a status hearing on the allocation of dates on 03 February...