A group of Namibian Ovaherero and Nama tribes on Thursday petitioned the United Nations (UN) to intervene over what they called an unfair and botched deal str
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03 March 2021 | Politics
HUNTED: Nudo president Ester Muinjangue is facing an onslaught from party members calling for her removal. Photo: Nampa
MATHIAS HAUFIKU and JEMIMA BEUKES
WINDHOEK
National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) president Utjiua Muinjangue’s leadership is being tested after senior party members accused her of employing her political cronies in her office at the health ministry.
She is facing accusations of nepotism after appointing political ally Elia Kandjii as her personal assistant and the wife of the party’s deputy secretary-general Stefanie Uapingene as her secretary.
Kandjii, the party’s national chairperson, has been Muinjangue’s ally since her journey to the top echelons of the party started.
01 March 2021 | Politics
NEW MANDATE: LPM has been handed the mandate to rule at Koës. At Aroab, both LPM and Swapo gained two seats. PHOTO: NAMPA
ELIZABETH JOSEPH
AROAB
Swapo has conceded defeat in elections held in the //Karas and Hardap regions on Friday, and says it will start working hard to win back the support it lost to the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) in the regions.
After a botched process during the original elections held last November, the Electoral Court ordered a re-run at Koës, Stampriet and Aroab local authorities, as well as Mariental Rural constituency.
LPM’s Densia Swartbooi was proclaimed the winner for the Mariental Rural constituency.