Namibia: 'Ekandjo Boys' Vs 'Geingob Boys' the Politics of 2012 Swapo Party Congress

21 December 2012
opinion

THE Swapo Party constitution provides for a congress to be held every five years to, inter alia, elect new leadership and "to set the policy of the party, review and assess the overall activities and development of the party".

Thus the fifth congress in a free and independent Namibia was held in Windhoek from November 29 to December 2 2012. The congress ended with the election of new leadership for the next five years inclusive of the 'Top Four (Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, as the president, Hage Gottfried Geingob, vice president, Nangolo Mbumba, secretary general and Laura McLeod-Katjirua, deputy secretary general, as well as new members of the Central Committee).

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