ONGWEDIVA – The Swapo rank and file are made up of disciplined cadres, its deputy secretary general Uahekua Herunga has maintained. He was responding to an incident wherein a Swapo member allegedly drove into a crowd of Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) supporters at Outapi over the weekend, injuring one of them. The incident has...
KATIMA MULILO – Swapo central committee member Pohamba Shifeta said voters are no longer willing to vote merely to perform their civic duties. He said the voters want to vote for leaders who will address issues of bread and butter in the community. “Nowadays, it is not just a question of people who want to...
Lahja Nashuuta Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has accused the government of using public resources to advance the ruling party’s election agenda. According to Swartbooi, the government’s decision last week to subsidise the cost of electricity by N$365 for the current financial year is an election gimmick for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly...
Aletta Shikololo Otniel Hembapu The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has created a platform where party presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will engage with young people, instead of participating in “foreign” presidential debates with her opponents. The platform, dubbed ‘Youth in Conversation with Netumbo’, is slated to start in Rundu this month, and will be held...
The Swapo Party yesterday launched its key election campaign tools ahead of the November showdown, which is expected to separate pretenders from contenders. Chiefly, the ruling party launched its website, an online platform for political mobilisation and campaigning, through which messages and information will be relayed. Addressing party supporters and sympathisers, Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo...
KEETMANSHOOP – Swapo Party chairperson of leaders assigned to //Kharas region, Lucia Witbooi, has urged party members in the region to serve their communities with dedication, total commitment, with only one aim, one voice echoing unity. She made the call at the party’s regional executive committee meeting on Saturday.“In unity is strength and we all...
President Hage Geingob yesterday implored ruling party leaders to “bury” and end slate politics, which has left the movement deeply divided before and after the 2017 elective congress. In a bid to eliminate the influence of slate politics, Geingob remarked that the so-called Team Harambee and Team Swapo should be buried for the sake of...
President Hage Geingob has strongly implored Swapo parliamentarians to stick to addressing issues in the National Assembly instead of resorting to personality clashes. “It is your ultimate task to re-define the rules of engagement within the Namibian socio-economic and political context, to ensure that we effectively address the burning issue of economic freedom for the...
KEETMANSHOOP – Swapo party //Kharas regional coordinator, Matheus Mumbala said there is no law enforcing political party beneficiaries to establish the origin of the fund donations they receive. He reasoned as such during Swapo’s recent regional executive committee meeting in Keetmanshoop, nominating candidates to fill the vacant position of information and mobilisation officer position that...
OTJIWARONGO – The Swapo Party district conferences of Okahandja and Tsumkwe in Otjozondjupa region successfully took place on Thursday and Friday at the respective towns. Swapo coordinator in Otjozondjupa Susan Hikopua, in an interview with Nampa on Saturday, said the region has an instruction from the central committee of the party to renew mandates of...