Anti-colonial activists in Namibia – calling themselves A Curt Farewell – have scored a victory after a statue of a colonial German officer, Curt von François, was removed from outside the Windhoek City Council in the country’s capital. Namibia was under German colonial rule before being governed by apartheid South Africa, gaining independence in 1990. We asked Namibian political scientist

WINDHOEK The seventh Swapo Party elective congress commenced in Windhoek on Friday. Attended by more than 900 delegates, the congress will amongst others elect Swapo Party central committee members, as well as the vice president, secretary general and deputy secretary general of the party. It is scheduled to end on Sunday. (NAMPA) Source: The Namibian Press Agency

SWAKOPMUND Political analyst Professor Gerhard Tötemeyer said that the ongoing 7th Swapo Party congress will have consequences concerning its credibility, which as a result, affect the outcome of the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. In an interview with Nampa on Friday, Tötemeyer expressed a number of issues the congress should be concerned about, which include the fact that the

WINDHOEK Swapo Party president Hage Geingob said on Friday that whoever emerges victorious has his support and he will work with the team to usher the Swapo Party into a new era. He urged party members to remain in the party if they fail to ascend to elective positions. “If you are defeated take it. You will come back like