{"id":75554,"date":"2024-08-26T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/its-nandi-ndaitwah-or-nothing-namandje"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:03:00","slug":"its-nandi-ndaitwah-or-nothing-namandje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/its-nandi-ndaitwah-or-nothing-namandje","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Nandi-Ndaitwah or nothing \u2013 Namandje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lawyer Sisa Namandje says Swapo will not reverse the nomination of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the party\u2019s presidential candidate, whether some members like it or not.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Namandje was speaking at a press briefing at the Swapo headquarters in Windhoek yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cWhether few people like it or not, it will never be reversed,\u201d he said.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Swapo elected its leadership in 2022 including the vice president, who would automatically become the party\u2019s presidential candidate for the 2024 elections, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout 2023, everybody was told this is our candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas Geingob entitled to run for the third time? No. Because he couldn\u2019t, the next person automatically got there and then qualified,\u201d Namandje said.<\/p>\n<p>Five take Swapo for one last dance in court over congress<\/p>\n<p>A faction led by party veterans and represented publicly by Reinhold Shipwikineni, Peter Shituula and Joshua-Vaino Martins has legally challenged Swapo to hold an extraordinary congress.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the faction, legally represented by lawyer Richard Metcalfe, wrote a letter demanding that Swapo host an extraordinary congress to replace party president Hage Geingob.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Swapo said there was no money to organise an extraordinary congress.<\/p>\n<p>Sisa Namandje<\/p>\n<p>The court has given Swapo until 30 August to file answering affidavits in response to the application.<\/p>\n<p>Namandje said the party will abide by the court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invite you to read Swapo\u2019s answers on 30 August. We\u2019ll argue in court. Not in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Swapo spokesperson Hilma Nicanor says the party will convene its extraordinary congress in April 2025 to elect the party\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>Swapo says this is to ensure transparency and reinforce the party\u2019s commitment to its members.<\/p>\n<p>Swapo has not had a president following Geingob\u2019s death in February.<\/p>\n<p>Nandi-Ndaitwah was automatically nominated as Swapo\u2019s presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, as per the party\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p>She has raised concern about the unruly behaviour of some party members and urged them to conduct election campaigns in a manner that fosters unity.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cSwapo wishes to advise its members, supporters and sympathisers to continue to conduct themselves in accordance with the rule of law and in a manner that does not undermine our prevailing peace and stability,\u201d she says.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more: It\u2019s Nandi-Ndaitwah or nothing \u2013 Namandje<\/p>\n<p>Swapo to hold extraordinary congress in April 2025<\/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. Lawyer Sisa Namandje says Swapo will not reverse the nomination of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the party\u2019s presidential candidate, whether some members like it or not. Namandje was speaking at a press briefing at the Swapo headquarters in Windhoek yesterday. \u201cWhether few people like it or not, it will never be reversed,\u201d he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-75554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It\u2019s Nandi-Ndaitwah or nothing \u2013 Namandje - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/its-nandi-ndaitwah-or-nothing-namandje\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It\u2019s Nandi-Ndaitwah or nothing \u2013 Namandje\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. 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