Three judges of the Electoral Court yesterday ordered that the challenge on the results of the National Assembly elections held last November be put on hold until the apex court decides on a similar matter. The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) brought the two applications – one against the outcome of the National Assembly elections...
Festus Hamalwa Linea Dishena GUINAS – Swapo’s Moses Khumub won the Guinas constituency by-election with 1 407 votes, defeating his cousin Fransiskus Khumub from the Landless People’s Movement, who garnered 612 votes. The by-election took place on Friday and saw 2 019 votes cast, with 22 ballots rejected. It was necessitated by the death of...
ONGWEDIVA – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is ready to pull today’s by-election in the Guinas constituency of the Oshikoto region. The readiness was revealed by De Wet Siluka, the Commission’s spokesperson, in an interview with this publication. According to Siluka, all polling stations have been provided with the necessary equipment and sufficient personnel...
Roland Routh Iuze Mukube Raymond Heathcote, President Nangolo Mbumba’s legal representative, lyrically quoted former British prime minister Winston Churchill when he argued against a stay application in the Electoral Court yesterday. Clearly in his element, Heathcote told the court that the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), who argued in favour of the stay application initiated...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – With only two months until the swearing-in of National Assembly members following the pivotal elections in November 2024, the United Democratic Front (UDF) has yet to determine its parliamentary representatives for this term. The party secured two seats in last year’s elections, amassing 16 828 votes in the National Assembly race....
The 27 November 2024 Namibian elections came and went with mixed reactions in many parts of the country and other regional and international quarters. The political election dust has not settled yet, as some political parties have taken the Electoral Commission of Namibia to court. Contrary to this stand, some parties that gained fewer seats...
WINDHOEK – Supreme Court Judge Hosea Angula has postponed a matter in which the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is challenging the outcome of the 2024 presidential elections. Angula has informed the IPC and the respondents that the matter will return to court for a status hearing on the allocation of dates on 03 February...
Iuze Makube A re-run of last year’s general elections could erode the trust of hundreds of voters who turned up to vote. Moreover, the cost of the exercise could be astronomical, political commentators say. The political commentators were speaking in light of a current court action challenging the outcome of that election, citing several irregularities....
On Friday, 13 December 2024, the Electoral Court ordered the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to grant the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) and the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) access to specific statistical electoral data pertaining to the recentl-held National Assembly (NA) election. This case raises several curious questions. For brevity, only two issues are...
I have been deeply reflecting on the election outcome, and the consequences we will likely face as a nation. Our situation is critical, knowing that our elections were neither free nor fair. We mustn’t shy away from acknowledging this uncomfortable truth. When elections are unfair, we risk a serious erosion of trust in our institutions....