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Khairabeb quits Swapo

15 hours ago | Politics

The former Otjiwarongo treasurer of the Swapo Party Elders Council, Benjamin Khairabeb, who has been on suspension since March 2015, has quit the ruling party.Khairabeb was charged with serious misconduct after he allegedly held unauthorised...

Harambee headache

4 days ago - 16 November 2018 | Politics

JEMIMA BEUKES With the ruling party facing the possibility of going into the 2019 general elections deeply divided, Swapo president Hage Geingob and secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa have made calls recently...

‘Unlawful, illegal and invalid’

4 days ago - 16 November 2018 | Politics

FESTUS NAKATANAFollowing ten months of continued petitioning, disgruntled Swapo members have now approached the High Court to seek to have last year’s elective congress declared unconstitutional, unlawful or invalid.The group also want the results of...

Namibia 'captured'

4 days ago - 16 November 2018 | Politics

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) is convinced that government has been hijacked by close allies of President Hage Geingob, with his knowledge and support, and has called for a commission of inquiry into “state capture”.The...

Lock, stock and barrel

5 days ago - 15 November 2018 | Politics

Leaked documentation surrounding a Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) upgrading deal has lifted the veil on how the Namibian government allegedly pandered to the whims of its Chinese counterpart, while accepting wholesale the Asian country's...

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Inamu tu topola - Shaningwa

5 days ago - 15 November 2018 | Politics

CATHERINE SASMANOngundu yoSwapo otayi ka ninga omutumba gwokongressa pokati komasiku 30 gaNovemba sigo esiku lyotango yaDecemba moRamatex mOvenduka, onga etsikilo lyomutumba gomahogololo omutihamano gwongundu...

Don't divide us - Shaningwa

6 days ago - 14 November 2018 | Politics

Swapo will hold an extraordinary congress from 30 November to 1 December at the Ramatex complex in Windhoek, as a continuation of the sixth ordinary...

Swapo sets date for extraordinary congress

1 week ago - 13 November 2018 | Politics

The ruling Swapo Party will hold an extraordinary congress on 30 November to 1 December at Ramatex in Windhoek. On the agenda are the reports...

Broke Namibia at the end of the road -...

1 week ago - 12 November 2018 | Politics

Namibia has arrived at a point where it can no longer afford to pay exorbitant monies to more than 80 boards that supposedly oversee a...

Corruption a 'cancer'

2 weeks ago - 06 November 2018 | Politics

Swapo vice-president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has launched a scathing attack on corruption in the ruling party, saying there is no place for it within Swapo's ranks.Speaking...

Geingob okwa pula uukumwe moSwapo

2 weeks ago - 06 November 2018 | Politics

Sho a popi pethimbo a patululwa omutumba gwelelo lyoSwapo ano oSwapo Central Committee (CC) mEtitatno lya piti, Geingob okwa popi kutya okuuva natango kutya oongundu...

Swapo factionalism alive - Geingob

2 weeks ago - 05 November 2018 | Politics

President Hage Geingob says there are hints that factionalism still exists in Swapo, following last year's bruising ruling party elective congress.Speaking at the opening of...

Shaningwa sending 'wrong message'

2 weeks ago - 31 October 2018 | Politics

Swapo secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa has come under fire from political commentators for coming to the defence of party leader Tobie Aupindi, who was found guilty...

End Swapo dominance - PDM

3 weeks ago - 29 October 2018 | Politics

The leader of the Popular Democratic Movement, McHenry Venaani, on Saturday called on people in northern Namibia to stop voting the ruling Swapo Party into...

Threat to democracy

3 weeks ago - 26 October 2018 | Politics

Namibia is once again set to have a general election in 2019 using EVMs without a paper trail, which means if there is a contested...

Top-four rallies banned

3 weeks ago - 25 October 2018 | Politics

KENYA KAMBOWE Swapo’s Oshana regional coordinator, Samuel Nelongo, says party members contesting for top-four positions at future elective congresses will...

I'm not splinter party mastermind...

3 weeks ago - 25 October 2018 | Politics

Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) secretary-general Mike Kavekotora claims former party president Jeremiah Nambinga is masterminding the formation of a splinter party.However, Nambinga has...

Nanso 'a shadow of its...

3 weeks ago - 24 October 2018 | Politics

The Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL) has decried the lack of leadership within the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), and has urged it to...