SWAPO Party member Reinhold Shipwikineni has issued an apology to the party following a High Court ruling.

Swapo MP Clemencia Coetzee says the Petroleum Bill rightly realises strategic petroleum powers of the office of the President.

Swapo Party MP Sharonice Busch says the national budget must be assessed not only by what it allocates but also by whether it changes the economic structure of the country in a meaningful and durable way. 

A family memorial service for veteran of the Namibian liberation struggle and Swapo stalwart, Mathias Kanana Hishoono, was held at his homestead at Onambutu village in the Eenhana Constituency of the Ohangwena Region.

Mourners are flocking to the homestead of the late Swapo stalwart and freedom fighter Kanana Hishoono at Onambutu village in the Eenhana Constituency, Ohangwena Region, to console the bereaved family and pay their last respects.

Hishoono died at age 89 on 14 January.

Former Otjombinde constituency councillor and Omaheke secretary of the Swapo Party Elders Council, Aaron Marenga, was buried over the weekend in Okatuuo Village.

Marenga died about a week ago aged 65.

He served as Otjombinde Councillor from 2009 to 2015.

The Swapo Party National Leader assigned to ||Kharas, Charles Mubita, has urged the elected political office bearers to deliver quality service to the electorate.

Dr Mubita made the call during the party's ||Kharas regional executive committee special meeting at Keetmanshoop. 

The newly elected Swapo Party councillors for the Walvis Bay Municipal Council and the urban and rural constituencies will prioritise the provision of land and housing, road repairs, and improved waste removal.

The Landless People Movement (LPM) and Swapo Party finished in a tie in the Keetmanshoop Local Authority elections, which leaves IPC as the kingmaker with one deciding vote. 

Swapo Party President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on the youth of Namibia to make use of available opportunities provided by the Namibian government.

Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call at the Swapo Party's final campaign rally ahead of Wednesday's Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections.