{"id":101609,"date":"2026-05-23T08:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-sharpens-kharas-base"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:15:03","slug":"swapo-sharpens-kharas-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-sharpens-kharas-base","title":{"rendered":"Swapo sharpens \/\/Kharas base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Swapo Party recently conducted a training workshop for deployed leaders at regional and local authority councils at Hillside Farmhouse near Keetmanshoop.<\/p>\n<p>During deliberations, facilitator Fluksman Samuehl reminded the councillors of the fact that they are occupying positions of great responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other words, you bear immense responsibilities for service delivery and are further required to initiate people-centred development and work towards making our towns and constituencies attractive for people to live in and to ensure national alignment with NDP6 objectives and that Vision 2030 goals are fully realised,\u201d he said.Samuehl, who is also the CEO of L\u00fcderitz Waterfront Development Company, said there is a lot of work cut out for the newly elected political leaders of the \/\/Kharas region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people have put trust in the ruling party Swapo and its deployees, and expectations are real and genuine, not a matter of perceptions,\u201d he further emphasised.<\/p>\n<p>The facilitator continued: \u201cPeople expect leaders to take drastic steps and perform by tackling the socio-economic challenges facing the people that you are asked to serve, represent and lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More so, the \/\/Kharas region shall remain a strategic region in the context of national development in that it is endowed with rich natural resources and is well diversified in terms of its economic structures, from a rich coastline (blue economy) and agriculture along the Orange River to tourism hotspots and small-scale farming activities, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these shall require visionary leaders (you) from the region to turn potential into tangible opportunities to lift Namibians out of poverty,\u201d Samuehl stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swapo Party recently conducted a training workshop for deployed leaders at regional and local authority councils at Hillside Farmhouse near Keetmanshoop. 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