The Landless People's Movement (LPM) leader Bernardus Swartbooi added his voice to the tributes pouring in for the late President Geingob.
Swartbooi said he had hoped that the late president would recover after his medical treatment, adding that he was shocked at his sudden demise.
Swartbooi recounted his recent visit to Dr. Geingob's house.
The three Swapo Party representatives in the ||Kharas Regional Council filed an urgent High Court interdict on Friday, seeking a reversal of the council's decision to terminate their memberships.
The three—Lazarus Nangolo, Taimi Amakali, and Suzan Ndjaleka—were relieved from council duties because they absconded from meetings and refused to accept vacant council management committee positions.
Landless People's Movement (LPM) leader Bernardus Swartbooi has encouraged members at the second People's Assembly to put theory into practice.
Swartbooi emphasised that in order to achieve change, the LPM must be willing to do the legwork.
LPM started off with its policy conference on Thursday and is now holding the People's Assembly.
The movement, Swartbooi says, is a leftist one, reminding the delegates at the assembly that their conscience should be directed to ensuring equal distribution of all the country's resources.
The need to make paternity leave part of the legal framework has received support from some Members of Parliament in the National Assembly, as has the extension of maternity leave.
The motion to extend maternity leave and introduce paternity leave was earlier tabled by the Popular Democratic Movement's (PDM) Winnie Moongo.
Landless People's Movement (LPM) Leader Bernadus Swartbooi and PDM's Maximalliant Katjimune also made their contributions to the discussion.
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says state-owned enterprises (SOE) are governed by their own laws, and there's no requirement for them to report subsistance and travel allowances to her office.
Kuugongelwa-Amadhila was responding to questions raised by Landless People's Movement MP Utaara Mootu on why ministers are given such allowances by parastatals.
Mootu inquired specifically about the Minister of Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Itah Kandji-Murangi, who allegedly received S&T allowances in July last year.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested two Landless People's Movement (LPM) councillors and a senior employee of the Karasburg Town Council over alleged graft charges.
ACC Spokesperson Josefina Nghituwamata confirmed the arrests of the trio.
She, however, said the graft watchdog is unable to provide details on the matter.
The suspects are scheduled to appear in court soon.
Bernardus Swartbooi, leader of the Landless People's Movement (LPM), has called on President Hage Geingob to send back the Zimbabwean Ambassador to Namibia.
The LPM added its voice to that of various opposition parties in the SADC region that denounced the August 23rd and 24th Harmonised General Elections in Zimbabwe.
According to preliminary reports by SADC, the African Union, and several international election observer bodies, elections in that country fell short of several constitutional requirements.
