Nahas: Swapo under attack

Team Swapo candidate for the Swapo Party presidency Nahas Angula says he is ready to serve the party as it is under siege from those given the mandate to lead it.Speaking at his team's rally at Rundu on Saturday, Angula said there are deliberate efforts being made to weaken the ruling Swapo Party and eventually to destroy it. “The evidence [is] there and they are many. Let me just cite a few. A political party stands for certain ideals and values and perspectives which drive society to achieve certain goals,” he said.According to Angula, the first thing the current leadership did was to weaken the party's political values and ideologies which have caused people to have no political direction.This, he said, was the first attack on the party.The second attack, he said, was the attempt to alienate the party from its traditional support base.“I am speaking here about the workers, the youth, peasants, students and women who have been the pillars of the party,” he said.The third attack, Angula pointed out, was the unprocedural expulsion of the militant youth of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) whom he said have been replaced by 'yes-men and yes-young-women'.In 2014, the party's top leadership suspended former SPYL secretary general, Elijah Ngurare and Affirmative Repositioning movement members Job Amupanda, George Kambala and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma from all party activities.The trio cleared land which they named 'Erf number 2014' in Windhoek's affluent Kleine Kuppe suburb, citing high rental prices in town and nepotism in the municipality as reasons for their actions.The rally, which was held at the regional Swapo Party office, was attended by more than 500 people, including Swapo members from the Hardap Region.Those in attendance included former ministers such as Richard Kamwi, Lempy Lucas, Rosalia Nghidinwa, Isak Katali, Moses Amweelo, Peter Ilonga and Ngarikutuke Tjiriange.It was also attended by Fumu Erwin Munika Mbambo of the Hambukushu Traditional Authority and Hompa Alfons Kaundu of the Mbunza Traditional Authority as well as business personalities like Desmond Amunyela and Vaino Nghipondoka. NAMPA

Nahas: Swapo under attack

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Namibian Sun 2025-10-08

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