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Namibia still a ‘flawed democracy’

1 day - 15 January 2019 | Politics

ELLANIE SMIT Namibia has been ranked as one of the top ten most democratic countries in sub-Saharan Africa, but was still labelled as having a “flawed democracy”.In the newly released Democracy Index...

Swapo ‘nervous’ about LPM

1 day - 15 January 2019 | Politics

OGONE TLHAGE Political commentator Ndumba Kamwanyah says he is taken aback by Swapo parliamentarian and deputy public enterprises minister Veikko Nekundi’s opposition to the Landless People’s Movement’s registration...

SPYL calls for Rundu intervention

1 day - 15 January 2019 | Politics

The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) in the Kavango East Region says it is dissatisfied with the infighting among ruling party councillors at Rundu over positions, and has called on Swapo's top leadership to intervene.During...

LPM cries foul

1 week ago - 09 January 2019 | Politics

The Landless People's Movement (LPM) claims it is under attack from Swapo and United Democratic Front (UDF), saying the two parties are intimidating LPM members to remove their names from a list of members submitted...

Epangelo olya pumbwa okuninga omalunduluko

1 week ago - 09 January 2019 | Politics

Pahapu dhaDiescho, omukalo ngoka otagu etitha aantu ya fundje kombinga yuuwatya wawo, nkene ye li komapepe gondjokonona yoshili.Amushanga gwoSwapo, Sophia Shaningwa okwa popi kutya: “Oshi li nawa, ngoka omaiyuvo ge.” Diescho okwa pula woo omupresidende...

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Swapo liberation victory falsified – Diescho

1 week ago - 08 January 2019 | Politics

JEMIMA BEUKES Professor Joseph Diescho believes that Swapo has lost its idealism and has been captured by a political elite who are...

Namibia in dead-end street

1 week ago - 07 January 2019 | Politics

The Swapo party is past its sell-by date and cannot take the nation into the future, a political analyst says. At the same time,...

PDM ya tokola okufala kompangu oshikumungu shaSardarov

2 weeks ago - 02 January 2019 | Politics

Momasiku 15 gaFebruali nuumvo, ongundu yoPopular Democratic Movement (PDM) otayi ka pula Ompangu yoPombanda opo yi kaleke oompangela dheyambulepo adhihe moofalama ne ndhoka tadhi hiilwa...

Rundu in disarray

2 weeks ago - 28 December 2018 | Politics

The Rundu town council remains in limbo and is yet to elect new office-bearers, as infighting among ruling party councillors continues to throw the municipality...

The call for new socialism

3 weeks ago - 20 December 2018 | Politics

The recently held Swapo extraordinary congress adopted a number of resolutions. One of the key resolutions accepted at the Ramatex gathering was a draft proposal...

Swapo battle heats up

4 weeks ago - 19 December 2018 | Politics

The two disgruntled Swapo members who have dragged the party to High Court over the disputed 2017 elective congress have issued notice that they intend...

Mujoro 'excited' about DRC EVMs

4 weeks ago - 18 December 2018 | Politics

With elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) slated for 23 December, Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chief electoral officer Theo Mujuro is currently...

Geingob a yamukula

1 month - 17 December 2018 | Politics

Omupresidende Hage Geingob okwa ya mukula komanyano ngoka a ningilwa sha landula sho a patulula pambelewa ombelewa ompe yohahende gwe gwopaumwene Sisa Namandje mOshilandopangelo.Namandje ngoka...

Shaningwa faces more defiance

1 month - 14 December 2018 | Politics

It is still unclear whether Swapo councillors at Rundu will follow a directive from party secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa or push ahead with their plan to...

Namvet to play politics

1 month - 13 December 2018 | Politics

The Namibia War Veterans Trust (Namvet) says it is considering entering the political fray by participating in the 2019 national elections after all attempts to...

LPM application to ECN 'not...

1 month - 07 December 2018 | Politics

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has shrugged off a suggestion that an application by the Landless People's Movement (LPM) for registration as a political...

Swapo is a lion –...

1 month - 04 December 2018 | Politics

Swapo secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa says the party has emerged united and is becoming “stronger and stronger on a daily basis”, debunking claims that there are...

Swapo grapples with Oshakati recalls

1 month - 04 December 2018 | Politics

Swapo's Oshana leadership met yesterday with the party's recalled Oshakati town councillors in order to find out why secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa's directive had been ignored.Swapo...