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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Political analysts yesterday reacted to this week\u2019s City of Windhoek council elections with some predicting a \u201cgridlock\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Wednesday council elections saw 33-year-old Landless People\u2019s Movement councillor Sade Gawanas being elected as mayor, replacing Job Amupanda of the Affirmative Repositioning. She is deputised by Nudo\u2019s Joseph Uapingene.<\/p>\n

The elections that confirmed the collapse of the coalition referring to themselves as \u201cthe progressive forces\u201d also saw a seemingly new coalition being formed between Independent Patriotic for Change (IPC), LPM and National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) being formed.<\/p>\n

IPC has four seats on the city council, while LPM and Nudo have two and one seat respectively. In the \u201copposition\u201d benches is Swapo with five seats, AR (two) and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) with one seat.<\/p>\n

The elections also saw IPC\u2019s Ndeshihafela Larandja being the management committee chairperson while IPC Bernardus Araeb, IPC J\u00fcrgen Hecht and IPC Ottilie Uukule, who was sworn in to replace Desiree Davids were elected to serve in the management committee. The other member of the management committee is LPM\u2019s Ivan Skrywer. Amupanda and Ilse Keister of AR, as well as Clemencia Hanases from the PDM, will serve as ordinary council members, alongside Swapo councillors Fransina Kahungu, Queen Kamati, Magdalena Lombardt, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma and Austin Kwenani. Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Graham Hopwood said there is a danger of gridlock going forward if the eight councillors outside the ruling coalition decided to block key decisions. \u201cThere is clearly a lot of disunity among councillors at the moment,\u201d Hopwood said, adding that IPC may dominate the management committee but do not have an overall majority – even with LPM and Nudo support – to push through their plans. \u201cThey will have to compromise on all sides so that the council tackle the urgent service delivery challenges facing Windhoek. Since the next local elections are four years away, it is to be hoped the councillors can find consensus on crucial issues and do not descend into partisan bickering which will not help the capital\u2019s needy citizens,\u201d Hopwood said. Political analyst and lecturer at the University of Namibia\u2019s Rundu campus Gerson Sindano said IPC, LPM and Nudo out-manoeuvred Swapo, AR and PDM who individually did not have the numerical advantage. He said for as long as Swapo, PDM and AR do not form a coalition to have a numerical advantage, IPC, Nudo and LPM will continue to monopolise the political theatre of the council. \u201cAR seems to be too self-centred to consider forming a coalition with Swapo party. Equally, Swapo seems politically timid to go into coalition with PDM and AR,\u201d he said, adding that as it stands, PDM appears to be the kingmaker. \u201cSwapo can easily engage PDM. Going forward, it will not take long before LPM and IPC have issues if IPC is to be judged by their recent political modus operandi,\u201d he said. Political analyst Ndumba Kamwanyah believes the council\u2019s kingmaker is Swapo because, at any given time, the majority party on the city council can side with either of the two minority coalitions. In his outgoing speech, Amupanda said his movement remains committed and fight for the interests of the residents of Windhoek as an ordinary councillor. He said that there is the possibility that the leadership of the city will achieve a lot as there are few things that are already achieved during the first year. \u201cNow as councillors, we need to think what we can do to make sure that the non-recognised community in the city are recognised. The fact that the economy is owned by whites cannot be changed. That is what I want us to think about,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are still within and we will fight for the best interest of the residents of Windhoek. I am still committed that we will fight for the bright future.\u201d Outgoing deputy mayor Hanases said she will be committed to fighting for the interest of the residents of Windhoek for the next four years. \u201cI am confident that we will achieve a lot as councillors. I am thankful to everyone who trusted me with the position. We are here to serve the residents but not for positions. We came in as councillors and we continue as councillors,\u201d she said. She added that councillors must concentrate on delivering what is expected of them instead of competing on things that are not beneficial to the residents.<\/p>\n

Caption<\/p>\n

Boss of the bosses\u2026 The new members of the city\u2019s management committee.<\/p>\n

Photo: City of Windhoek<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. Political analysts yesterday reacted to this week\u2019s City of Windhoek council elections with some predicting a \u201cgridlock\u201d. The Wednesday council elections saw 33-year-old Landless People\u2019s Movement councillor Sade Gawanas being elected as mayor, replacing Job Amupanda of the Affirmative Repositioning. She is deputised by Nudo\u2019s Joseph Uapingene. 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