Namibia: Swapo members threaten fee boycott over presidential appointments – News

Some Swapo members have threatened to stop paying their monthly membership fees over the hand-picked appointments by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.

Party sources say the protest comes from those in leadership roles who were left out of receiving parliamentary seats after last year’s electoral college, and the president’s appointment of the eight parliament members.

Sources within the party say this is not a widespread problem, but rather a specific issue among party leaders who…