Swapo Party presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is confident in the mobilisation activities at Walvis Bay, which partly resulted in the return of former member and councillor Knowledge Ipinge and others to the party.

Ipinge left Swapo some years ago, became an activist of the Affirmative Repositioning Movement, and was elected Walvis Bay Urban Councillor when he stood as an independent candidate in 2020.

The news broke at the first 2024-star rally for the Swapo Party, which attracted scores of people from different walks of life at the harbour town.

Nandi-Ndaitwah and the party's Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, noted that leaders in the region were tasked with mobilising the voters so that Swapo would win back control of the harbour town and region.

Nandi-Ndaitwah listed some of the major projects her party achieved in the Erongo Region in the past year and urged the voters to give Swapo another chance.

She highlighted job creation and the improvement of people's living standards as her focus areas if voted into power.

To enhance the talents of youth and job creation efforts, she said the Swapo Party manifesto identified various industries such as agriculture, sport, creative industries, and tourism as channels that need government support.

The manifesto she further explained seeks to increase support for small business enterprises through financial support and mentorship.

Describing herself as an implementor, Nandi-Ndaitwah stressed that under her leadership, the plan outlined in the party manifesto will be evaluated and implemented.

"There is no doubt about it; check my record. As a minister of women's affairs, my first statement was that I would not leave that ministry. By the time I leave that ministry, I want to see preprimary programmes integrated into the main school system. Today we are talking about grade 1, and grade 0, I did it; you can look at other things. I was concerned about children, vulnerable children. I took a trip to all 13 regions, and then, to assess the situation, I made my report in the cabinet. The result was to expand the children's grant."

Nandi-Ndaitwah highlighted her belief in intergenerational leadership, which she said empowered her at the age of 21 to be a political leader in Swapo.

Fenny Tutjavi, who is the youngest candidate on the Swapo Party parliamentary list, urged the youth to vote for her party.