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Uupyakadhi wa holoka moRDP

1 week ago - 13 September 2019 | Politics

Konima owala yoomwedhi ne sho ongundu yoRally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) ya ningi omutumba gwomahogololo ngoka gwa hogolola Mike Kavekotora onga omupresidnde gwongundu ndjoka, ewawa lyaanyasha mongundu ndjoka itali popile ehogololo lye.Omukanda ngoka gwa...

Trouble brews in RDP

1 week ago - 12 September 2019 | Politics

Four months after the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) national convention elected Mike Kavekotora as party president, the youth wing is crying foul and has rejected his election. In a statement issued this week,...

Hage a hupitha Jerry

1 week ago - 12 September 2019 | Politics

Metokolo lye ndyoka tali halutha, Omupresidende Hage Geingob okwa kwatelemo maahogololwa ye, Jerry Ekandjo, opo a vule okuninga oshilyo shopaliamende konima yomahogololo gopashigwana ngoka taga ningwa nuumvo. Ekwatelemo lyaEkandjo, ngoka a li a tidhwa kuGeingob...

Hage throws Jerry a bone

1 week ago - 11 September 2019 | Politics

In a surprising twist, President Hage Geingob has included Swapo backbencher Jerry Ekandjo among his 10 presidential nominees to take up seats in the National Assembly after the 2019 general election. The inclusion...

SPYL takes aim at PG

1 week ago - 11 September 2019 | Politics

The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) says it will not rest until justice is served in the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) saga, in which millions were lost.It has also called for a commission of...

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PDM to launch election manifesto

1 week ago - 10 September 2019 | Politics

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) is set to launch its election manifesto under the theme 'Strategy Namibia' at the end of September, its president McHenry...

Support for presidential checks and balances

1 week ago - 10 September 2019 | Politics

Democracy is designed to keep powerful leaders in check. The separation of powers into three branches of government creates a system of accountability by all...

Harambee delight

1 week ago - 09 September 2019 | Politics

The outcome of the Swapo electoral college has seemingly confirmed President Hage Geingob’s unshakable grip on power, with most of his loyalists emerging in pole...

Seven jump out of pot

2 weeks ago - 06 September 2019 | Politics

Former trade minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko, Namibia's ambassador to China, Elia Kaiyamo, and his counterpart in Botswana, Asser Kapere, are among seven central committee members that...

Elders critical for politics

2 weeks ago - 06 September 2019 | Politics

There is no age limit in politics and being a member of parliament should not be seen as an employment opportunity, Swapo MP Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana...

Dikuua, Nyambe in pot

2 weeks ago - 05 September 2019 | Politics

Swapo Kavango East elders’ council secretary Alfons Dikuua and Vilho Shikukumwa branch mobiliser Bertha Nyambe have been elected as the region’s two candidates for the...

EVM fears persist

2 weeks ago - 05 September 2019 | Politics

Opposition parties say they are not buying chief electoral officer Theo Mujoro's assurance that a paper trail exists and can be issued by a court...

Cat among the pigeons

2 weeks ago - 04 September 2019 | Politics

Former Swapo youth leader Elijah Ngurare is eyeing an extraordinary return to mainstream politics, following his nomination by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW)...

Elections ripe for F-news

2 weeks ago - 03 September 2019 | Politics

As Namibia heads to the polls later this year, media experts last week warned journalists of the dangers and ease with which political campaigns, in...

Namibian politics 'meaningless'

2 weeks ago - 03 September 2019 | Politics

Namibian politics has lost meaning and degenerated to levels never witnessed before, local analysts have said.In an interview with Nampa, political commentator Ndumba Kamwanyah said...

Nudo is ready for election

2 weeks ago - 02 September 2019 | Politics

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) held its electoral college on Saturday and finalised its list of 96 candidates for the National Assembly election.At the...

Swapo to tackle Kavango East...

2 weeks ago - 02 September 2019 | Politics

Swapo secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa will be in Rundu tomorrow to meet with the party's Kavango East Regional leaders after the regional structure failed to elect...

Pot ready to boil

3 weeks ago - 30 August 2019 | Politics

Swapo will finally hold its electoral college to elect its candidates for the November National Assembly election, amidst deepening divisions and factionalism. The...