Landless People’s Movement (LPM)

05 Jun

Gobabis residents demand ouster of corrupt municipal employees

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Tujoromajo Kasuto The Gobabis Local Authority Coalition on Friday issued an ultimatum letter to the Office of the Governor of Omaheke, and the Municipality of Gobabis, demanding the immediate resignation of employees at the Gobabis Municipality involved in suspected cases of corruption. This comes amid allegations of rampant corruption and maladministration in the town’s municipality. “Any employee that is involved, but chooses to stay on and is then found guilty by the further detailed investigations and anticipated disciplinary actions, will have to face the consequences,” the letter warned if the employees do not comply with the demand. The Coalition is…
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Parliament upholds Katjavivi’s LPM MPs ruling …as duo heads to court
22 Apr

Parliament upholds Katjavivi’s LPM MPs ruling …as duo heads to court

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Andrew Kathindi The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Standing Rules and Orders and Internal Arrangements (STROC) has upheld Speaker, Peter Katjavivi’s ruling to bar Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader, Bernardus Swartbooi, and the party’s Chief Whip, Henny Seibeb, from the Parliament’s Chambers. “The Standing Rules and Order Committee met and the decision is that they decided to sustain the ruling of the Speaker and the members remain withdrawn from the chambers,” Parliament Spokesperson, David Nahogandja, told the Windhoek Observer. The decision was taken at a STROC meeting held on Wednesday afternoon. STROC committees are made up of chief whips of the…
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LPM’s Mariental appointments illegal – Lawyer
17 Mar

LPM’s Mariental appointments illegal – Lawyer

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Maria Hamutenya Legal representative of recalled Landless Peoples Movement (LPM)’s councillors, Richard Metcalfe, says the appointment of new Mariental councillors is illegal. Thus he will proceed to file for review from the High Court next week Monday.Metcalfe maintained the two LPM members had been denied a proper disciplinary hearing by the party before it recalled them from their position on the Mariental town council. “It is time that politicians start to remember that Namibia is a democracy with a Constitution as its Supreme law.” “They can't continue to run the country like the colonials did. We sink lower by the…
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Recalled councillors snub LPM meeting
12 Mar

Recalled councillors snub LPM meeting

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Maria Hamutenya Former Mariental town councillors, Daniel Gariseb and Rogetta Haak, have snubbed a request from the Landless People's Movement (LPM) to meet and discuss, demanding only the withdrawal of the party decision. The two were recalled by the opposition party from the Mariental town council for allegedly colluding with the ruling Swapo party. The LPM, through their lawyers, Dr Weder, Kauta & Hoveka Inc, wrote to the former councillor’s lawyer, Richard Metcalfe, requesting their availability and willingness to meet on Wednesday. In response, the request was turned down by the recalled councillors, stating in their letter that they will…
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LPM digs into CoW over land
17 Feb

LPM digs into CoW over land

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Staff Writer The Landless People's Movement (LPM) is accusing the City of Windhoek councillors of not prioritising land delivery in the city despite a high demand and limited supply of houses in the capital. LPM Councillor, Sade Shireen Gawanas, said although the City was currently sitting on thousands of square kilometres of land, which could be used to address the capital’s ballooning housing waiting list, nothing was being done. “Sitting in this council for the past two months, we have noticed that some issues and agendas are being pushed while there is no proper studies, investigations done. The total town…
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High Court nullifies southern local authority election results …ECN ordered to meet parties rerun costs
12 Dec

High Court nullifies southern local authority election results …ECN ordered to meet parties rerun costs

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Andrew Kathindi The High Court today, declared that the results for Aroab, Koës, Stampriet local authorities and Mariental Rural constituency are null and void and set aside. The High Court further dismissed the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) urgent application to oppose the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)’s case to have the results of those local authorities and rural constituency nullified, after finding irregularities in the way in which the elections had been conducted. Judge Shafimana Ueitele however ordered that ECN should carry the cost for political parties to participate in the rerun of the polls. “The Electoral Commission of Namibia…
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PDM backtracks on Swapo coalition stance
08 Dec

PDM backtracks on Swapo coalition stance

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Andrew Kathindi In a major clamp down, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has said that it is willing to form a coalition with Swapo in local and regional bodies if there is no other option, a shift from a directive the official opposition party had made earlier this month. This comes as PDM councilor in the Berseba Village Council, Valentia Motinga disobeyed her party’s directives and formed a coalition with Swapo. This resulted in her being declared chairperson of the village council, supported by the Swapo candidates. This occurred, allegedly, amid reports that an agreement had earlier been struck with Landless…
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LPM challenges election rerun bid
05 Dec

LPM challenges election rerun bid

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Andrew Kathindi Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has filed an urgent application to the High Court to oppose Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)’s case to have the results of the elections in Aroab and Koës local authorities in the //Kharas region and Stampriet and Mariental Rural constituency in the Hardap region voided. According to the party, an election re-run in areas of the southern region where it currently has a stronghold would be a waste of taxpayer money. “When you look at it, only about 67 votes is where there are disparities and we’re saying, those 67 votes don’t make any…
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The battle for Windhoek Mayor begins … as Swapo loses control of council
28 Nov

The battle for Windhoek Mayor begins … as Swapo loses control of council

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Andrew Kathindi The Swapo party has lost control of the City of Windhoek in the local elections. A battle has emerged on who will be the next mayor of the nation’s capital, after new councilors are sworn in. This comes as ruling party Swapo garnered five seats on the Council, having previously held 12, while new player Independents Patriots for Change (IPC) collected four, Affirmative Repositioning (AR) and Landless People's Movement (LPM) picked up two each while Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and National Unity Democratic Organization (NUDO) both got one seat. AR leader, Job Amupanda, who heads to the Council,…
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Swartbooi raises questions over ballot papers …as polls open tomorrow
25 Nov

Swartbooi raises questions over ballot papers …as polls open tomorrow

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Andrew Kathindi Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader, Bernardus Swartbooi, has claimed discrepancies in the number of ballot papers printed ahead of tomorrow’s regional and local authority elections. He said the development had cast doubts on whether the elections will be free and fair, as well as suspicions. “Since the Ballot papers arrived at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on 13 November, 2020, no political party’s representatives were allowed to witness the offloading of Ballot papers from the aircraft,” Swartbooi said. According to the LPM leader, while busy with the verification and confirmation of ballot boxes, it was observed that extra…
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