Swapo Party Vice President and Presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah, has congratulated the Otjozondjupa Regional Leadership for restoring peace and unity among its members.

Nandi-Ndaitwah was speaking at the Otjiwarongo Rally held at the DRC Informal Settlement.

88 people from Okangwati in the Kunene Region have joined the ruling Swapo Party.

Receiving the members, Vice President Nangolo Mbumba says the party is open to everyone, where their dreams and aspirations will be fully realised.

The Swapo Party Coordinator for the Otjozondjupa Region says the region is no longer the subject of attention from the party's headquarters and the national leaders assigned to it because of divisions that had plagued it in the past.

The Swapo Party Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has encouraged the nation to invest in agriculture to diminish unemployment amongst the youth and reduce poverty.

The Swapo Party Executive Committee Member in the Zambezi Region, Alufea Sampofu, has condemned tribalism within the party.

Sampofu was speaking at the regional mobilisation and recruitment drive at Katima Mulilo over the weekend.

The SWAPO Party Vice President says Namibians can only unite if they avoid tribalism and regionalism, which derail development and negatively affect people at the grass-roots level. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made these remarks at the party's rally at Outapi.

Swapo Party Information and Mobilisation Officer for Katima Mulilo Urban District, John Ntemwa, says Swapo is regarded as the home for most Namibians, and therefore there is a need to intensify its recruitment drive.

Swapo Party Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on party members and supporters to protect the country's hard-won independence as the country heads for next year's national elections.

She made the call while addressing the party's rally at Keetmanshoop.

Swapo Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa inaugurated the amended Constitution of the Swapo Party Women's Council (SPWC) at Omuthiya.

During the 7th Ordinary Congress of the Swapo Party in Windhoek last year, revisions were made to the constitution of the SPWC to align it with the party's framework.

The Swapo Party Vice President has called for unity among party members, regardless of which candidate they supported during last year's Congress.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call at a party rally held in Rehoboth to formally communicate the outcomes of the 7th Swapo Party Congress.