The SWAPO congress end of November 2012 resulted in "one of the biggest Cabinet reshuffles the country has seen since independence".
This change cut short the term of Namibia's third Chief Justice Johan Strydom who became 65 in June 2003, a move that was speculated to be part of a plan to appoint a Chief Justice with close ties to SWAPO, the ruling party.
It funded a number of liberation movements while those groups were involved in violent struggle, including UNITA and the MPLA in Angola; FRELIMO in Mozambique; SWAPO in South West Africa/Namibia; the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; and the ANC and Pan Africanist Congress in South Africa.
The newspaper exposed human rights violations by South Africa's occupying forces and was thus perceived as overly critical and pro-SWAPO by the South African government.
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In 1974 and 1975 1 Parachute Battalion operated along the Angolan border with S.W.A; along the Caprivi Strip; a platoon jumped near Luiana (September 1975), Angola to relieve a group of "Bushmen" trapped by a SWAPO force; and 3 platoons Joined operation Savannah at Sa Da Bandeira the day after the airport was taken (October 1975).
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Asser Kuveri Kapere won the constituency with 1,486 votes.
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Dawid Boois won the constituency with 1,225 votes.
In the 2009 general election, the Eengodi Constituency overwhelmingly supported SWAPO and incumbent President Hifikepunye Pohamba.
The education for the SWAPO-Pionier aimed at placing most of these youths in elite leadership positions for the development of the country once Namibia achieved its independence.
He defended SWAPO activists Aaron Mushimba and Hendrik Shikongo, accused of the 1975 assassination of a senior church figure of former Ovamboland.
In February 2009, Hanse-Himarwa was condemned by the National Society for Human Rights of Namibia for declaring Hardap Region "SWAPO territory" and urging supporters not to allow other political parties to "invade" the region.
Lewer repeatedly attacked a large force of SWAPO/FAPLA elements who had pinned down a SADF company in his single seat Impala.
The regional office, the only brick-and-mortar building at Katima Mulilo at this time when the area consisted exclusively of pristine forests, was built under a giant Baobab situated near today's SWAPO Party regional offices.
In the certified results, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 6,227 votes of the 8,542 accepted votes.
When he was 25 years old, he took controversial pictures of dead SWAPO insurgents on Casspirs and sent them to The Namibian newspaper for publication.
General Martin Shalli was a veteran fighter for Namibian independence, who joined SWAPO in 1974, having undergone training in the former Soviet Union.
In the 2009 general election, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 96% of the votes for President.
In the 2009 general election, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 89% of the votes for President.
In the 2009 general election, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba received 98% of the votes for President.
Kavara Rosa Kunyanda is a member of the Namibian parliament(National council), she is from the Kavango region, the Councillor of the Rundu Rural West constituency and a member of the SWAPO Party.
Prior to the 2010 local and regional election, the constituency was represented by Rosa Kavara of SWAPO, who took over for Herbert Shixwameni also of SWAPO.
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The 2010 local and regional elections were contested by incumbent Rosa Kavara (SWAPO), Herbert Shixwameni of the APP and Moses Nyundu of the Rally for Democracy and Progress.
In that year, Justus ǁGaroëb of the United Democratic Front) received the most votes for President with 1,259 (46.01%) total votes, while Hifikepunye Pohamba of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), who won more than 76% of the national vote, received only 896 votes (32.78%) in the Constituency.
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Hafeni Ndemula won the constituency with 4,254 votes.
In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Jan Albertus Scholtz won the constituency with 3,526 votes.