Walvis Bay junior mayor Fisabo Mapalo and other junior councillors were invited to attend the two-day National Junior Councillors’ Conference (NJCC) in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, over the weekend. The conference was held under the theme, ‘Intergenerational Solidarity: Promoting Local Government for All Ages’. Speaking to The Namibian yesterday, Mapalo said the main aim of the...
Regional councillors representing the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) at the Hardap Regional Council are at odds with each other after the council bought 120 rabbits – allegedly without a council resolution. The party has six councillors on the regional council. One of the councillors, Harald Kumbrude, says the rabbits were bought from Cadema Farming last...
Martin Endjala One of the suspended Swapo Councillors of the Karasburg Town Council, Elia Hauwanga says the decision undertaken by the Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni, to suspend the entire council, has saved the town from going into the dustbin. Hauwanga told the Windhoek Observer yesterday that both the Swapo party and the...
Staff Reporter THE Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has said that it has not reversed its decision to dismiss three Swapo councillors from the //Kharas regional council, as it intends to challenge its decision in court. The dismissed councillors are Oranjemund constituency councillor Lazarus Nangolo, Karasburg West constituency councillor Taimi Kanyemba, and !Nami#Nûs constituency councillor Susan...
As LPM refuses to reinstate councillors Staff Reporter THE Landless People Movement (LPM) will soon be embroiled into a legal battle by the ruling party, Swapo, after it refused to heed calls to reinstate dismissed //Kharas region Swapo councillors. The party threatened to take the LPM to court on Monday, 4 February 2024, should they...
The Swapo party’s legal counsel, Sisa Namandje, has issued an ultimatum to the Chairperson of the //Kharas Regional Council, Joseph Isaacks, demanding the reinstatement of three ousted Swapo Party councillors by 10:00 today or face legal action. In a letter sent yesterday, Namandje declared the Council’s decision to dismiss the councillors and terminate their membership,...
KEETMANSHOOP: ||Kharas Regional Council chairperson, Joseph Isaacks on Friday announced the suspension of three Swapo councillors with immediate effect, for allegedly having committed various offences. Addressing a press conference here, Isaacks said the trio was relieved of their duties after a resolution was taken during a special council meeting on Thursday. He said the councillors’...
