{"id":59382,"date":"2023-12-01T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swakopmund-council-elections-end-in-a-tie"},"modified":"2023-12-01T17:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:00:38","slug":"swakopmund-council-elections-end-in-a-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swakopmund-council-elections-end-in-a-tie","title":{"rendered":"Swakopmund council elections end in a tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Swakopmund District Magistrate Lucia Elishi postponed the elections of the 2024 Swakopmund municipal office-bearers yesterday after the process between two nominated candidates ended in a tie twice.<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates were current mayor Dina Namubes of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) and Matthias Henrichsen of the Swakopmund Residents\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p>Namubes was nominated by fellow party member Petrus Shimhanda and seconded by the United Democratic Front\u2019s (UDF) David Am-!Abeb, who is also the current deputy mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Henrichsen was nominated by fellow party member Wilfried Groenewald and seconded by the Landless People\u2019s Movement (LPM)\u2019s Blasius Goraseb, which then led to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>The voting process, in which eight councillors took part, resulted in three votes for each of the candidates. However, two abstained from voting, while two were absent without any indication.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Elishi then resolved to postpone the election to a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Walvis Bay municipality maintained the status quo, and re-elected the IPC\u2019s Trevino Forbes and Sarah Mutondoka as mayor and deputy mayor, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM)\u2019s Richard Hoaeb, IPC\u2019s Olivia Andrews, IPC\u2019s Leroy Victor and Ronald Bramwel of the Walvis Bay Residents\u2019 Association also retained their positions in the management committee (MC), which will once again be chaired by Hoaeb. Swapo\u2019s Paulus Kauhondamwa was elected as alternate member, replacing the LPM\u2019s Ryan Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>Henties Bay also re-elected the Republican Party\u2019s (RP) Lewies Vermaak and Swapo\u2019s Renier Kamati as mayor and deputy mayor, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>UDF\u2019s Michael Skini remains as the MC\u2019s chairperson, with the PDM\u2019s Memrod Haraseb, IPC\u2019s Sigfried \/\/Garoeb and RP\u2019s Peet Swart as ordinary members of the MC, and Swapo\u2019s Paulus Imbamba as an alternate member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Swakopmund District Magistrate Lucia Elishi postponed the elections of the 2024 Swakopmund municipal office-bearers yesterday after the process between two nominated candidates ended in a tie twice. The two candidates were current mayor Dina Namubes of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) and Matthias Henrichsen of the Swakopmund Residents\u2019 Association. 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