The decision of Swapo’s central committee (CC) to sidestep an extraordinary congress and to endorse Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as presidential candidate has been met with criticism. Some party leaders claim the party’s constitution was interpreted to suit the current leadership. Swapo politburo member, lawyer Sisa Namandje, on Saturday explained what the party’s constitution says about an...
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was endorsed by the central committee as the party’s presidential candidate for the national election in November on Saturday. The meeting, held at parliament on Saturday, also resolved to push the much talked about extraordinary congress to 19 April 2025. “I stand with pride today and tell you that the...
Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) member of parliament (MP) Gotthard Kandume says he and his party members will vote for Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in this year’s upcoming presidential election. Kandume, who is regarded as one of the silent members of the National Assembly (NA), says he supports Nandi-Ndaitwah, because he has never had a...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), has addressed what it calls “unfounded hallucinations”, of Panduleni Itula, the leader of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), regarding Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Swapo Party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 elections. In a statement, SPYL’s Secretary General, Ephraim Nekongo, reiterated the party’s usual stance of not responding...
Swapo Party vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has defended her candidacy as the ruling party’s presidential nominee in the presidential elections later next year. Nandi-Ndaitwah told party members at a rally in Windhoek on Saturday that she was duly elected by the party congress last year along with the Swapo president, secretary general, deputy secretary general,...
Nairobi – The President of Kenya, William Ruto, assured this Saturday, in Nairobi, his country’s support for Angola’s candidacy for the presidency of the African Union (AU), in 2025. The Kenyan President, who was speaking to the press at the end of a meeting with his Angolan counterpart, considered Angola worthy of presiding over the...
By Staff Reporter RUNDU, Aug. 8 – Former Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) leader, Peter Kashumali, has categorically denied the circulating rumours in the Kavango East region suggesting that he intends to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming Regional and Local Authorities elections next year. In response to inquiries for comments, Kashumali referred...