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Five members of the SWAPO Party have taken legal action against their own party, seeking to invalidate a key decision made by the party's central committee to postpone the extraordinary congress to 19 April 2025. The applicants, Joshua Vaino Martins, Petrus Ndeshipanda Shituula, Aina Kalimba Angula, Reinhold Nghihepavali Shipwikineni, and Erich Chrismann Shivute, filed a Notice of Motion with the High Court of Namibia on Thursday. The motion requested the court to declare the Central Committee's decision to postpone the extraordinary congress instead of convening it 90 days after the death of the party president, Hage Geingob, invalid. The applicants…

The former secretary general of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), Esau Chiviya, has died. Chiviya, a Zimbabwean who served at the helm of the regional interparliamentary body, died on Monday (3 June) in Windhoek, according to a statement by the forum. His body will be repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Peter Katjavivi, led parliament on Tuesday, observing a minute of silence in memory of Chiviya.

Landless Peoples’ Movement (LPM) has submitted the names of Aina Hanganeni Kodi and Agnes Tjiramba to be sworn in Parliament, replacing Henny Seibeb and Edson Isaacks, who resigned from both the party and Parliament last week.LPM political czar Ivan Skrywer, wrote to National Assembly Secretary Lydia Kandetu and National Assembly speaker Peter Katjavivi on Tuesday to accept the two new members.

An aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice President, Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others went missing on Monday. Chilima was aboard a Malawi Defence Force aircraft that left the capital, Lilongwe, at 09h17 local time. Colleen Zamba, President Lazarus Chakwera's secretary, made this announcement in an official statement. Zamba said the Malawi Defence Force aircraft failed to make a scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. "All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far," he said. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Mzuzu International Airport at 10h02.…

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has proposed renaming its technical centre to the late Elliot Paul Hiskia (known as Hampau), to the executive council.NFA general secretary Charles Siyauya says the renaming is honouring Hiskia's invaluable contribution to the sport and remembering his legacy.The late Hampau as many used to call him passed on in 2021. He served the sports fraternity on different levels.The NFA technical centre is currently undergoing upgrades and renovation.Report: Martin Endjala

The Frankie Fredericks Foundation (FFF), has awarded Namibian Track & Field athlete, Gilbert Hainuca with a N$ 20 000 scholarship.FFF Chairperson Frankie Fredericks announced on Thursday that the scholarship is intended to help Hainuca with his tuition fees as he pursues an Honors Degree in Business Management at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.While announcing the scholarship, Fredericks stated that Gilbert's long line of accomplishments on the track include his 100m Bronze medal in the Men's 100m at the 13th All Africa Games as well as a Gold medal in the 100m at the Namibia National Senior Championships running…

The Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) has announced the voluntary resignation of Janette Fourie, the Chairperson of its Board of Directors, with immediate effect.Pohamba Shifeta, the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has appointed Olavi Hamwele, the current Vice Chairperson of the NTB board, as the interim Chairperson.Fourie served as an NTB board member from 2020 to 2023 as an ordinary director and was appointed as chairperson for the term 2023 to 2026."Her contributions have been greatly appreciated," stated the NTB in their announcement to stakeholders.The NTB expressed confidence in Hamwele’s ability to adeptly fulfil the duties of Chairperson and ensure…

The Electoral Commission of Namibia, says that the minor glitches experienced during the first days of the General Registration of Voters pose no security concerns.Chief electoral and referenda officer, Peter Shaama, explained that the processes are entirely managed in terms of the ECN Internal IT Policies and processes and do not warrant any security concerns.Shaama responded after some members of the public aired concerns about the voter cards that contained wrong personal details were issued to them.He said the ECN is using their Integrated Mobile Voter Registration System (IMVRS), introduced in 2014, and assured the public that the system is…

Residents of Swakopmund will see an increase in service-related tariffs for the current fiscal year.The chairperson of the town council’s management committee, Blasius Goraseb, presented the municipal budget for 2024/2025 at this week's ordinary council meeting, detailing a five percent increase in tariffs.Goraseb, however, reiterated that senior citizens residing in Swakopmund will be exempt from this increase.The council also approved a capital budget of N$111 766 000 and a balanced operational budget of N$578 282 000 for the 2024/2025 financial year.