Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – Zedekia Borry Katjiuanjo, the Swapo candidate for the Kalahari constituency in the Omaheke region, promised major development for the constituency if he wins the regional council elections slated for November 2025. The Kalahari constituency has been in the hands of Swapo’s Ignatius Kariseb for the past 15 years. Kariseb is also...
Auleria Wakudumo OUTAPI – Swapo party candidate Selma Asino won the Outapi constituency by-election with 9 675 votes, defeating her rival Fillemon Shikwambi of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), who garnered 669 votes. The by-election took place on Friday. A total of 26 400 people registered to vote, with 10 425 casting ballots. During...
Auleria Wakudumo The Swapo Party’s Okongo district office has been officially renamed after the First Gentleman, Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah. This is in recognition of his contribution to the liberation struggle and continued commitment to national development. Speaking at the renaming ceremony, Ndaitwah expressed gratitude to the party leadership. He urged members to remain...
Lahja Nashuuta President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged Namibians to rally behind the Swapo party in the upcoming regional councils and local authorities elections, saying only their vote will allow the government to deliver uninterrupted services and meet national development goals. The Swapo Central Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body between congresses, convened in Windhoek on...
Zebaldt Ngaruka OKATUMBA GATE – Members of the ruling Swapo party in Tsumkwe district are at logger-heads following the postponement of the party’s district conference last weekend. The conference was set to elect the party’s candidate for Tsumkwe constituency to contest the upcoming regional council elections slated for 26 November 2025. Royal Kxao /Ui/o/oo, the...
OPUWO – The Swapo Party has announced plans to retake control of the Khorixas Town Council and constituency office in the upcoming November Regional Council and Local Authority elections. The announcement follows the finalisation of the party’s candidate selection process in Kunene region. Julius Kaujova, Swapo’s regional coordinator for Kunene, told Nampa the party’s conferences...
Lahja Nashuuta The Swapo Elders’ Council Secretary for Information and Mobilisation, Karin Shikalepo, on Saturday extended a helping hand to Elfriede #Kharises, a resident of Dordabis, who was left destitute after a fire destroyed her home and all her belongings on the evening of Friday, 8 August 2025. Shikalepo donated food items, clothing, bedding, building...
Lylie Joel Uakutura Kambaekua Swapo deputy secretary general (DSG) Uahekua Herunga has emphasised the need for unity within the ruling party ahead of November’s elections. He stressed the importance of solidarity in the face of upcoming challenges. Herunga’s call to action comes on the back of last year’s elections, which resulted in the ruling party...
Zebaldt Ngaruka OTJOMBINDE – Current Otjombinde constituency councillor Wenzel Kavaka will stand as a candidate for the Swapo party for the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authority elections in November. Swapo’s district coordinator for Otjombinde Tjovavi Tjituka confirmed to New Era that Kavaka was unopposed for the Swapo candidacy position. He added that all eight...
Uakutura Kambaekua Swapo has finalised its candidate selections for six constituencies and their respective local authorities in Kunene ahead of November’s Regional Council and Local Authority elections. The confirmations follow district conferences held in Opuwo Rural, Opuwo Urban, Epupa, Outjo, Kamanjab and Sesfontein constituencies. Khorixas is slated to hold its primary conference next weekend. Following...