Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged the University of Namibia (UNAM) to introduce a faculty of agriculture at the Rudu Campus.
Speaking at the UNAM Rundu Campus graduation ceremony, the Vice President said such a move would spur development in the country.
Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah noted that both Kavango East and West are known as agricultural regions, both in crop farming and animal husbandry.
Swapo Party Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has informed the party's Central Committee members that they were meeting at the backdrop of a major event to unfold on the country's political landscape.
She was addressing the first ordinary Central Committee meeting of the year.
In her address, Nandi-Ndaitwah lambasted Germany's ambassador to Namibia, who allegedly discussed Namibia-EU relations on behalf of the European Union.
Swapo Party Politburo and Central Committee member, Lucia Witbooi, has urged party members to campaign for an outright majority in the November national elections.
She made the call at the opening of the ||Kharas Swapo Party regional executive meeting in Keetmanshoop.
Witbooi further encouraged all eligible voters to re-register to participate in the upcoming elections.
The Swapo Party Central Committee clarified its decision about its presidential candidate for the November 2024 elections.
The committee confirmed Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the Presidential candidate of the party, a position she automatically acquired as the party's Vice President and the sole candidate at the 2022 Congress.
The Swapo Party will elect its president to replace the late Dr. Hage Geingob at the Extraordinary Congress set to take place on April 19, 2025.
This means that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah remains the party's sole candidate for the November National Presidential Election.
The Central Committee further confirmed that the decision of the Politburo to accord a standing invitation to President Nangolo Mbumba to all its meetings remains in force.
Swapo Party Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah called for concerted efforts to mitigate the drought situation experienced in some parts of the country due to low rainfall.
Speaking at the first Central Committee of the Swapo Party for this year, Nandi-Ndaitwah appealed to all regional coordinators and the nation at large to work in collaboration with the governors and councillors to see to it that whatever the government is making available to ease the drought situation and its impact must be done in the best interest of the people.
Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is sworn in as Vice President of Namibia.
Nandi-Ndaitwah was appointed to the position by President Nangolo Mbumba, who was sworn in as President of Namibia following the death of Dr. Hage Geingob earlier this morning.
The Omaheke, ||Kharas, and Hardap regions will now benefit from the drought relief programme, effective from July 1st, 2023, to March 2024.
Currently, about 695,000 people are food insecure, and Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appealed to officials to register only people who meet the criteria.
She said there are signs of people being registered when they do not qualify, a situation that might defeat the purpose.
The Swapo Party Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, says the party has successfully conducted its 2023 rallies, the last one being in the Oshana Region.
The closing rally at Oshakati was attended by scores of party members adorned in blue, red, and green.
It has been an eventful year for the party as it canvassed for a larger support base meant to retain its position as the governing party in next year's national elections.
The Vice President of Swapo, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has implored the party's youth league's national executive committee to focus on pertinent issues that will benefit Namibia and its people.
Ndaitwah identified these pertinent issues as high unemployment and a lack of clean drinking water, which she says should take centre stage during the ongoing deliberations of the central committee of the youth league.
