Also known as: PLAN · Swapo's military wing
Swapo's military wing during Namibia's liberation struggle, in which several senior figures served before independence.
SWAPO Party members in Okongo are fundraising to build a N$1.5 million hall and office block by December, with General Epafras Denga Ndaitwah overseeing the project. Two fundraising events have so far collected N$92,914 in cash and pledges, plus livestock.
21 April 2026 · Informanté →
SWAPO Party members in Okongo are fundraising to build a N$1.5 million hall and office block by December, with General Epafras Denga Ndaitwah overseeing the project. Two fundraising events have so far collected N$92,914 in cash and pledges, plus livestock.
21 April 2026 · Informanté →
Swapo's application to evict former freedom fighters camping at its headquarters since October was struck off the High Court roll. The move has triggered internal party divisions, with former secretary general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana questioning whether the legal action was authorised by the central committee, while deputy secretary general Uahekua Herunga says the politburo made the decision.
20 April 2026 · The Namibian →
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has appointed several new officials to ministerial and deputy ministerial positions, including Charles Mubita as minister in the Presidency, Hambeleleni Ndjaleka as deputy minister of health and social services, and others to various portfolio positions across government departments.
7 April 2026 · The Namibian →
A 90-year-old Namibian woman's journey to becoming a teacher began when a family friend gave her a one-pound note in the early 1950s to pay for her studies at a Finnish mission college, enabling her to escape an arranged marriage and eventually inspire others through her decades of teaching and activism.
5 April 2026 · The Namibian →
A tombstone was unveiled in Ohangwena Region to honour nine People's Liberation Army of Namibia combatants killed on 2 April 1989 in a clash with Koevoet, the counterinsurgency unit of the then South West African Police, just a day after a ceasefire had taken effect. Former PLAN fighters, government officials, and relatives attended the ceremony at Enghandja laShikongeni village.
4 April 2026 · Informanté →
In an Independence Day reflection, lawyer and former exile Bience Gawanas argues that 36 years after independence, Namibia must progress from merely ending war to addressing the absence of inequality and poverty, and to confront past wrongs and build true human dignity and social justice for all.
22 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Abraham Ndumbu, a controversial former leader of student and political movements including NANSO and NEFF, has been arrested and charged with rape following allegations that he repeatedly raped a 13-year-old girl between February 2025 and January this year.
2 March 2026 · Informanté →
Vice President Lucia Witbooi unveiled a tombstone honouring victims of the 19 February 1988 bombing of Barclays Bank in Oshakati, which killed innocent civilians during Namibia's liberation struggle. She emphasised reconciliation as a cornerstone of national identity and urged the nation to reject violence and uphold democracy.
25 February 2026 · The Namibian →
President Nandi-Ndaitwah delivered a tribute to Erkki Nghimtina, who went into exile in 1974 to join the liberation struggle, served in the People's Liberation Army of Namibia and the Namibian Defence Force, and later held ministerial positions in defence, mines and energy, works and transport, and labour after independence.
25 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Vice President Lucia Witbooi unveiled a memorial tombstone at the ELCIN cemetery in Ongwediva for the 27 people killed in a bomb blast at Oshakati's First National Bank on 19 February 1988. Witbooi pledged that national reconciliation would remain central to Namibian democracy, while noting the blast was intended to intimidate SWAPO and destabilise the independence struggle.
24 February 2026 · Informanté →