Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL)

PDMYL hits back at SPYL

PDMYL hits back at SPYL

Staff Writer The Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL) has fired back at the statements made by Swapo Party Youth League secretary for Kavango East region, Anselm Marungu in interview with a local newspaper, The Namibian. PDMYL acting secretary general Yvette Araes said the statement made by Marungu ignore the critical role that opposition political parties play in a functioning democracy. “Healthy, resilient democracies are based on inclusiveness, in which all political parties big or small, representatives of institutions are in key positions to safeguard our democracy. When groups perpetuate the exclusion of individuals from the democratic process or the…
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PDM youth calls for schools to end face-to-face teaching

PDM youth calls for schools to end face-to-face teaching

Andrew Kathindi The Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL) have called for all face-to-face teaching countrywide to be suspended as the tide of the third wave continues to rise in Namibia. This comes as the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has sent out a call to its education regional directors to advise on the way forward. “It is therefore an undeniable fact that the country has entered the third wave of Covid-19, and our basic education centres have become hotspots for the spread of the virus,” PDMYL Secretary General,Bensen Katjirijova, states. “The PDMYL therefore calls on the Ministry of…
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PDM Youth League wants death penalty for abusers

PDM Youth League wants death penalty for abusers

Helena Johannes The Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL) leadership members from the Khomas region is immediately calling on the government to introduce a death penalty law for perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) including rape and human trafficking in Namibia. They said this in a press statement provided by the PDMYL Khomas regional chairperson Alpha Uzera. “We are therefore of the strong opinion that rapists, perpetrators of Gender-based violence and human traffickers should receive the death penalty as punishment for their barbaric acts,” he said. Uzera added while respecting that people who commit this kind of crimes also have…
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