The Swapo Party will not hold a congress within three months of the death of president Hage Geingob, and instead chose to endorse its current vice-president, Netumbo.
Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo says a call by party parliamentarian Jerry Ekandjo for Swapo to convene an extraordinary congress this year to nominate Swapo’s presidential candidate for 2024’s election could be considered gender-based violence (GBV) against women.
Businessman and former works deputy minister James Sankwasa says Swapo is teeming with and rewards praise-singers, while truth-tellers are ostracised and sidelined.In a frank.
A minister, six deputy ministers and a former governor are among 19 Swapo members who petitioned the party’s top leadership for recourse over the messy central committee vote.