Swapo to investigate unruly youth

Swapo's Politburo has appointed a committee to find “an amicable and peaceful solution” to the uproarious youth league district conference at Grootfontein earlier this month over a jostling for positions for candidacies before the party's congress later this year. It stated that its youth members should “conduct themselves as true Swapo Party members and not as agents of destruction of the party” The committee is to be chaired by the secretary-general Nangolo Mbumba. Others to join him on this peace crusade include party heavyweights like Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, Theo-Ben Gurirab, Ben Amadhila, and Erkki Nghimtina. “These are very serious members who have a lot of kilometres in the party. They will not allow the party to be destroyed. We will talk to any youth concerned with the welfare of the party,” said Mbumba. The youth wing fall-out occurred at the hometown of President Hage Geingob. In preparation of the congress the Politburo at Monday evening's meeting urged all party wings and regional structures to do timely completion of renewal of mandates of leaders in the regions. It also directed all sub-committees of the national preparatory committee of the sixth congress to start with their respective assignments “without delay”. Irked by crime The Politburo gave special tribute to the 92-year-old veteran Swapo member, Leonard Nangolo Mukwiilongo, who was murdered by thugs in his house in the Omusati Region on 25 May. It said it is “perplexed by the cause of his death”. “Swapo condemns in strongest terms the barbaric actions of criminals who are busy disturbing the peace within the country,” the Politburo declared and made an appeal to all relevant government institutions to ensure that the culprits are brought to book. “This crime against an elder is an indication of a society whose thinking, its mentality, is very hard to describe,” said Mbumba. When nudged on what type of crime he was referring to, Mbumba said crime includes poaching, trafficking and corruption. “Rape, injury to physical body is destroying part of the nation. Poaching; whose property is that? It is the property of all of us as well as the national economic integrity. It is economic sabotage. You cannot kill an elephant for a meal. All types of crime must be condemned,” said Mbumba. He said white-collar crime such as fraud is “the destroying the basis on which all of us exist”. Such crime, he said, includes the inflation of tender prices, bribery, and civil servants moonlighting on the job. Mbumba added that those caught red-handed then “run to court” to avert punishment. “The courts must understand that they face tough decisions,” Mbumba said. CATHERINE SASMAN

Swapo to investigate unruly youth

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-13

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