All systems go for Swapo vote

Swapo secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba said it is all systems go for the ruling party's congress this weekend. The congress will be attended by a number of African liberation and sister parties, Mbumba announced at a media briefing yesterday. The accreditation and registration process of delegates will take place today from 14:00 ahead of the opening ceremony tomorrow. “The congress shall be officially opened by President Hage Geingob at 10:00. “Messages of solidarity from our former liberation movements and sister parties will follow,” he said. He added that the election rules and procedures will be communicated to all delegates at the appropriate time during congress by elected returning officers, which will consist of legal practitioners and not politicians. According to Mbumba, the congress will be attended by a list of international guests such as representatives of South Africa's ruling party African National Congress (ANC), Tanzania's ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Angola's MPLA, Frelimo (Mozambique) and Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF. The Botswana Democratic Party, the Zambian Patriotic Front, the Communist parties of China and Cuba, Polisario Front of Western Sahara, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, German Social Democratic party as well as the Russian Yedinya Rossia will also attend the congress. “The 6th Swapo congress will deliberate a number of policy issues inter alia the report of the central committee to congress, implementation of resolution of the 5th congress, amendments to the party constitution and the Report of the 2nd Swapo party policy conference. “The 6th congress will adopt resolutions that will serve as guidelines for the next five years,” he said. The delegates will vote for the top four of the party as well as the Central Committee.JEMIMA BEUKES

All systems go for Swapo vote

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Namibian Sun 2025-10-08

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