Decision on NUNW list yet to come

Swapo secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba says the “party structure”, presumably the politburo, will meet today or tomorrow to reach a decision on the list of National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) delegates to the party congress. Mbumba met the NUNW leadership on Friday to discuss the question of which list is the authentic one of union representatives to the congress. “They have made their demands, I have explained the process ahead, but it is not for me to decide. The decision has to be made by the party structure,” Mbumba said yesterday.Though Mbumba would not talk about the outcome of the meeting with the NUNW, he hinted that an amicable agreement was reached. Mbumba was reportedly directed by the Swapo politburo to accept the list of 16 names submitted by NUNW secretary-general Job Muniaro, which pitched Namibia Public Workers' Union (Napwu) general secretary Petrus Nevonga as representative on the Swapo central committee. According to this list, the NUNW representatives to go to the Swapo congress include Anna Shiweda, Loide Shaanika, Sarafina Kandere, Hilma Uushona, Lovisa Ndeyapo Iikali, Ester Anna Nghipondokwa, Justina Jona, Nevonga, Jacob Nghifindaka, Job Muniaro, John Uuskona, Evans Mawahu, Jessy Nambanza, Jacob Penda, Joseph Dinyano and Elijah Ngurare, former secretary of the Swapo Youth League. This list differs from the one that ousted NUNW president Ismael Kasuto had submitted to Mbumba.The Kasuto list included himself [Kasuto], Simeon Kavila, Sarafina Kandere, Asnath Zamuee, Esther Nailenge, Cornelius Ntelamo, Rocco Nguvauva, Jessy Nombanza, Angula Angula, Suama Itope Kalulu, Nancy Kahua, Desley Somseb, Regina Nambahu, Jackie Karumbo, Paulus Namwandi, and Lahja Hitula. Nominees for the Swapo central committee were Nguvauva, Natangue Ithete, Regina Nambahu and Zamuee. The bitter battle between the two factions in the NUNW is reportedly over which candidates for the party's top four leadership positions the union should support. CATHERINE SASMAN

Decision on NUNW list yet to come

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Namibian Sun 2025-06-18

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