The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has expressed concern over the low turnout for the general registration of voters (GRV) nationwide. The party urges the public to register for voter cards to participate in the upcoming November elections. The party’s leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, says he is concerned over the preliminary statistics for the GRV, which show […]
The latest voter registration data suggests Zambezi is among the regions with the lowest number of registered voters thus far. To date, officials say the region has registered 26,000 voters out of an estimated 77,205 eligible voters in the region. Mafwe Litunga George Simasiku Mamili VII is concerned over the low number of voters who […]
Speakers from diverse backgrounds at the Voters Youth Conference encouraged young people to exercise their democratic rights and register to vote in the upcoming elections. The conference, organised by the Love Palm Charity Foundation, encouraged the young people to go out and make their mark. They highlight the importance of voting, the need for presidential […]
Of the 1,731,790 Namibians eligible to vote, less than 50% (823,761) have so far registered at the different registration points across the country and at the various registration points at all Namibian diplomatic missions abroad since the start of the General Registration of Voters (GRV) on June 3 to July 6. Omaheke remains the region […]
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, has motivated an amendment to the Electoral Act of 2014 in the National Assembly. This proposed bill seeks to broaden the eligibility criteria for the National Assembly elections by allowing remunerated members of the public service, as well as members of the National Council, regional councils, […]
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is concerned about the low turnout at registration points countrywide. So far, only 823,761 Namibians have registered to take part in the November 27 elections. The figure represents an average of 24,562 registered voters per day. The |Khomas Region tops with 152,920 registered voters, followed by the Ohangwena Region […]
Former All People’s Party (APP) Secretary General Vincent Kanyetu has joined the mix of political parties contesting in the upcoming National Assembly and Presidential Elections with the launch of a new political party, the Action Democratic Movement (ADM), in Windhoek. Kanyetu is the interim president of ADM, with a team of interim national leaders alongside […]
With the Presidential and National Assembly Elections slated for November 27, there are currently twenty (20) registered political parties with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). The ECN deregistered the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) and Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) in June this year. The NEFF has had two seats in the National Assembly since […]
The Omaheke Region shows the lowest number of registered voters since the commencement of the General Registration of Voters (GRV) last month. During the week of June 24 to 29, over 23,000 eligible voters registered in that region, while the |Khomas Region leads with eligible voter registration with 130,595 thousand voters registered. Chief Electoral and […]
The Swapo Party launched its key election campaign tools in Windhoek on Monday. The election campaign tools are the party website, party profile, presidential candidate profile, Namibia Today newspaper, and Swapo Party election broadcast tools. Each campaign tool highlights the party’s history, prominence, governance, and why the Swapo Party is a good fit for winning […]
