Democracy And Social Progress

  The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) wishes to caution and alert the Namibian nation that the SWAPO PARTY led-government appears to be busy working on a strategy to protect the culprits involved in the GIPF saga. That they (Namibian government) have instructed the Namibian police, as per Lieutenant General Ndeitunga’s press statement, to [...]

The recent revelations in the local media that Honorable Marco Hausiku, the Deputy Prime Minister, had stolen cattle of a poor woman is a serious issue that needs serious action from the President of the country and the entire Namibian Cabinet if they were to prove that they are worthy their status. Honorable Marco Hausiku [...]

“Hidipo Hamutenya is a thug just like anybody else who left swapo’’, Namibia Today, 21-24 November 2011, p 1-3    The Rally for Democracy and Progress Youth League (RDPYL) feels very much provoked and indeed insulted to have its leader, Cde Hidipo Hamutenya being called a thug and wrongfully accused of being responsible for the [...]

The demolition of completed houses and the kindergarten, at Oshakati by the Oshakati Town Council…

Recently, a call was made in the print media for interested stakeholders to make submission regarding the acquisition of Leo by Telecom Namibia. The deadline was set for 25 January 2012. This makes the submission schedule quite tight. As an interested stakeholder, the RDP wishes to confirm that: 1)        We made written submission to Namibia [...]

    The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) strongly condemns the recent fishing rights allocations to mainly prominent Swapo Party members and companies.  We also seriously view these allocations as bribery driven to win the hearts of some prominent opposition party members to Swapo Party. Otherwise, why do you allocate the fishing rights to [...]

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the Press,   It was reported in all media about the demonstration at Bethanie against the Village Council. The reason put forward being the reappointment of the CEO by the Council of which, Councilor Knouds of the RDP is the Chairperson. We found the process of the reappointment to [...]

  Ever since 2004, when I was duly nominated by the SWAPO political bureau to be one of the party’s three presidential candidates, I have become a target of an unabating smear campaign by some people in the leadership and the rank and file of SWAPO. This campaign of vilification has been going on for [...]

Recently there has been a public uproar in the media and enquiries were made to RDP headquarters. This was in relation to a circular on the “modalities for the release of press statements – the way forward”, issued by the RDP of the 27th September 2011.  It appears that there are some misunderstandings of that [...]

The RDP is shocked, though not surprised, to learn that one of the recently appointed members of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Mr. Rodney Kingsley Guiseb, had allegedly faked his educational qualifications.