Placido Hilukilwa
STEPHANUS Pombili, a Swapo Party member from Omboloka village in the Ohangwena Region and a prolific writer on social media platforms, who has previously been antagonistic towards Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah while supporting the candidacy of Martha Namundjebo—which never got off the starting blocks—has publicly apologized. He also promised to henceforth campaign for Nandi-Ndaitwah and for the Swapo Party.
At the same event, Sam Hamunyela, a former leading member of the RDP and an independent candidate in the last regional elections, announced his return to Swapo, the party he left in the early 2000s.
About 50 new members formally joined or returned to the ruling party during the rally.