Africa-Press – Namibia. Swapo President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has doubled down on her drive to see maximum results from Parliament, saying only discipline, coordination and service delivery can define its work.
Nandi-Ndaitwah made these remarks yesterday while presiding over an induction workshop for Swapo lawmakers in the capital yesterday.
In no uncertain terms, Nandi-Ndaitwah, or NNN, as she is known among her comrades, warned that public trust will only be sustained through visible improvements in people’s lives.
Nandi-Ndaitwah then stressed that the party’s renewed electoral dominance brings no excuses for failure but a greater responsibility to deliver.
“The Namibian people have elected us with a purpose, and this is the time to ensure that we maintain and restore the dominance of the Swapo party by ensuring that we deliver on our mandate,” she said.
The workshop came a day after the official opening of the Parliament and follows Swapo’s strong performance in the recent Regional Councils and Local Authority elections.
Nandi-Ndaitwah said the results were proof that citizens still have faith in the ruling party but also hold “high expectations from the 8th Administration.”
“Now that as a party we have the majority in the National Assembly, control of the National Council and regional councils as well as most of the local authorities, we have no reason not to coordinate our work and provide the quality services to our people,” the President said.
Reasserting her tone, Nandi-Ndaitwah insisted that the party manifesto and the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) must guide every action of Swapo deployees, including herself.
“Let there be no misunderstanding. The Swapo Party expects all its deployees, including myself, to demonstrate total commitment to the implementation of the Swapo party election manifesto and its Implementation Plan as transformed into NDP6,” she said.
The seminar is being held under the theme ‘Parliamentarians Geared Towards Results-Orientated Leadership.’
This theme, Nandi-Ndaitwah said, is a standard rather than a slogan, underlining that laws and policies must translate into tangible benefits.
“Results-orientated leadership requires preparation, mastery of issues, and the ability to turn policy into law, law into action, and action into tangible improvements in the everyday lives of our people,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said.
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Nandi-Ndaitwah also took a moment of silence in honour of former president Hage Geingon and Founding President Sam Nujoma, who died in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
Adding to the message of discipline and delivery, Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa said the workshop was a strategic moment for the party to convert electoral victories into effective governance.
She said the induction followed a “resounding mandate” given to Swapo in the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections, as well as the 2025 Regional and Local Authorities elections, and the MPs must now prove worthy of that trust.
“We must now translate the vision of our party manifesto into actionable governance that uplifts every Namibian,” Shaningwa said, before reminding MPs that the public expects visible performance, not rhetoric.
The induction workshop brings together Swapo MPs from both the National Assembly and the National Council and focuses on law-making, oversight and coordinated implementation of government programmes.
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