Swapo gala dinner makes money
The Swapo Party fundraising gala dinner held in Windhoek on Wednesday evening raised over N$1.6 million.
An amount of N$282 750 was collected through an auction of paintings of the founding father while just over N$1.3 were raised through pledges.
The gala dinner was aimed at raising funds for the party's national congress where President Hage Geingob is running for party president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for vice-president, housing minister Sophia Shaningwa for party secretary-general (SG) and former prime minister Marco Hausiku for deputy SG.
The glamorous event was attended by President Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos, former president Hifikepunye Pohamba, Swapo secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba and retired Namibian Defence Force (NDF) Lieutenant-General Martin Shalli, among others.
Geingob's competitors for the presidency, Nahas Angula and Jerry Ekandjo, and their running mates, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, Helmuth Angula, Armas Amukwiyu, Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun and Petrina Haingura, were not in attendance.
The auction items included a portrait as well as clothing of the two former party presidents and Geingob.
The party's elective congress is slated for next week.
JEMIMA BEUKES
An amount of N$282 750 was collected through an auction of paintings of the founding father while just over N$1.3 were raised through pledges.
The gala dinner was aimed at raising funds for the party's national congress where President Hage Geingob is running for party president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for vice-president, housing minister Sophia Shaningwa for party secretary-general (SG) and former prime minister Marco Hausiku for deputy SG.
The glamorous event was attended by President Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos, former president Hifikepunye Pohamba, Swapo secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba and retired Namibian Defence Force (NDF) Lieutenant-General Martin Shalli, among others.
Geingob's competitors for the presidency, Nahas Angula and Jerry Ekandjo, and their running mates, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, Helmuth Angula, Armas Amukwiyu, Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun and Petrina Haingura, were not in attendance.
The auction items included a portrait as well as clothing of the two former party presidents and Geingob.
The party's elective congress is slated for next week.
JEMIMA BEUKES
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