Counting of the ballot papers at the seventh Swapo Congress was completed in the early hours of Monday. The spokesperson of the Swapo Congress National Committee, Audrin Mathe, told Nampa on Monday the results of the voting for the party’s new leadership would be out in the next few hours. The congress is electing the party’s vice president, secretary general

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as the vice president of the Swapo Party, while Sophia Shaningwa retains the position of secretary general. A rerun will be held for the position of deputy secretary general as neither of the two candidates obtained the majority vote of over 50 per cent as required. Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Swapo Party vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has retained her current position in the ruling party, garnering 491 votes against her closest competitor Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s 270 votes. Fellow party VP contender Pohamba Shifeta walked away with 91 votes. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 70, is cementing power to contest as 2024 National Presidential candidate, and if she emerges victorious, will be the first female President

President Hage Geingob has cautioned the just-elected vice president of the Swapo Party, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, that the task lying ahead is heavy. Geingob congratulated Nandi-Ndaitwah after she emerged victorious with 491 votes at the Swapo congress on Monday, and stands eligible to be Swapo’s first female presidential candidate of the country for the general elections in 2024. “Your task lying