Five Swapo leaders are said to be contending to fill the shoes of Oshana coordinator Werner Iita, who will be joining the parliament next month. Iita, who is also a former Oshakati chief executive ...

The pro-capitalist party led by Itula, once SWAPO’s youth leader, is no alternative. Itula obtained worse results in the president ticket than he did in 2019, ...

Shipwiikineni says he and his fellow Swapo members believe in electing leaders committed to improving the nation's well-being. "Dr Itula exemplifies these qualities, and we strongly recommend ...

SWAPO was at the forefront of the battle for independence. Namibians queue to cast their votes in a presidential election in Windhoek, Namibia Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. Credit: AP/Dirk Heinrich ...

Itula, a former dentist and lawyer, took 29% of the votes in the last elections in 2019, losing to Swapo leader Geingob, who got 56%. He said this was an important day for Namibia’s democracy, ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's ruling SWAPO party elected Hage Geingob as its president at the weekend, the party said on Monday. Geingob, president of Namibia since 2015 but acting president of ...

At the SWAPO leadership's request, the Zambian army arrested an estimated 1,600-1,800 SWAPO members and detained them at Mboroma, near Kabwe, north of Lusaka. Eleven prominent leaders, including the ...

Born in 1952, she was a Swapo Youth League activist from her school days and joined the movement in exile in the mid-1970s. As a liberation struggle veteran, she became part of the party leadership ...

The SWAPO had, since independence in 1990, become used almost interchangeably with governance and, until today, grown accustomed to power. Closing in on the 2024 elections, SWAPO seems to be ...

Veteran South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) leader Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, secured 57.31% of the votes in the 27 November presidential race, making her Namibia‘s first female leader, ...

The Fishrot scandal epitomised that very rot which the voters had come to identify with the leadership of SWAPO-a party more interested in enriching its elites than serving the people.

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's ruling SWAPO party elected Hage Geingob as its president at the weekend, the party said on Monday. Geingob, president of Namibia since 2015 but acting president of ...