The City of Windhoek has again postponed a meeting to elect two additional management committee members.

The meeting, scheduled for earlier Thursday afternoon, was postponed because there were no nominations for the two management committee members.

The meeting will now happen on February 8.

Last year, the City of Windhoek only managed to elect three management committee members out of the constituting five.

All three members are from the Swapo Party, following an unexpected coalition between Swapo and Nudo.

The National Unity Democratic Organisation's (NUDO) Secretary General, Joseph Kauandenge, has declared his intention to contest for the party's presidency in next year's national elections.

He will go head-to-head with the current president, Dr. Utjiua Muinjangue.

Kauandenge, who is also an MP for the NUDO party in the National Assembly, expressed his commitment to a transformative agenda and underscored the vital role of the youth as catalysts for driving positive change within the party and the nation.

The mood around next year's national elections can already be felt, with NUDO's MP Josef Kauandenge having tabled a motion to amend the Namibian Constitution's Article 47. The motion aims to remove what is perceived as discriminatory clauses that prevent employees of regional councils and local authorities, as well as civil servants, from participating in parliamentary elections.

Speaking in the National Assembly, Kauandenge argued that the clauses violate international human rights standards.

The National Unity Democratic Organisation and Gobabis Residence Association say the Gobabis Municipality is set to lose its electricity distribution license, if dilapidated electrical network is not attended to as a matter of urgency.

This was shared by leaders of both NUDO and GRA at a press conference at Gobabis.

NUDO's Elvire Theron accused the municipality of withholding the services of an electrical consultant engineer.

The consultant was appointed to mantain the aging network, which has now and then been causing several power outages.

NUDO MP Joseph Kauandenge has criticised the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation over the accreditation of law degrees.

Kauandenge is questioning UNAM's monopoly on offering law programmes and the implications for students studying law at other institutions.

In response to the queries in the National Assembly, the Minister of Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Itah Kandjii-Murangi, clarified the regulations and accreditation processes for tertiary institutions and their programmes.

Some Swapo MPs in the National Assembly have embraced a motion by NUDO member Joseph Kauandenge for the establishment of the 1904-08 Genocide Memorial Museum.

They, however, question what the difference is between this motion and the one tabled by former Swanu leader, Usutuaije Maamberua, which was discussed and adopted by the house.

In her motivation, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele, says such a museum requested by Kauandenge should not only be for OvaHerero and Nama people but for all Namibians.

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) has officially launched its political calendar year for 2023.

This is in preparation for the 2024 elections. 

Party members converged at the party's Head office for various activities. 

The party's Secretary General Joseph Kauandenge addressed the media on pertinent issues of national concern.

Kauandenge, expressed concern about the state of education in the country following the high failure rate saying the system does not inspire hope. 

Opposition parties again walked out of the National Assembly in protest of what they termed the bias of the Speaker in the way he handled parliament.

Upon resumption of the house this afternoon, NUDO MP Joseph Kauandenge stood up and registered the discontentment of opposition party members, saying all of them will walk out of the National Assembly until the Speaker, Peter Katjavivi, provides an explanation for yesterday's situation in the house.

Kauandenge stressed that they are disturbed by the Speaker's bias, which is against the oath he took when assuming his office.

The leader of NUDO accused Germany of discrimination after that country refused to renegotiate its offer of €1 billion for the 1904–08 Nama/OvaHerero genocide.

Utjiua Muinjangue says Germany has created a precedent by agreeing to demands for renegotiating compensation for crimes against humanity and therefore should do so with Namibia as well.

Muinjangue cited as an example an order by Konrad Adenauer, a former German chancellor, to re-negotiate settlements with Jewish groups as a stipend for atrocities committed during the Holocaust.