The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is shocked and indeed very much disappointed and embarrassed by the revelations that Namibia’s national institution for higher learning, the University of Namibia (UNAM), is allegedly converted into an academic brothel by some of its lecturers and that some of our daughters have been turned into prostitutes [...]

1.    In your own words, who is Sibuku Malumbano (e.g. your village, position in the RDP, what you do etc).   My name is Sibuku Malumbano I hail from the Caprivi region, Sibbinda village. I am currently the secretary for the RDP Youth League and a member of the RDP Central Committee. My duties as RDP [...]

Honorable Speaker,   I rise to speak on the historic uprising which has been rocking the countries of North Africa and the Middle East in recent months. These uprisings have been events of unprecedented magnitude that should have aroused alarming concern in this continent. Very obviously, a calamity of revolutionary proportions, such as, the ones [...]

  A message of condolence,   First of all, the RDPYL wishes to convey message of condolence to the families, friends and community members for the untimely deaths of three citizens of this country who succumbed at Keetmanshoop, in the Tseiblaagte residential area, due to the cold front that swept through the southern parts of [...]

Dear Members of the Media, The rank and file of the RDP wishes to strongly condemn the death threat leveled against Mr. Evilastus Kaaronda, as covered in the media, by allegedly a senior Swapo Party member and a Cabinet Minister, Mr. Alfeus !Naruseb.   Mr. Kaaronda, like any other Namibian citizen, has a constitutional right [...]

Over the years after independence, the nation has been inundated with complaints regarding poor service delivery at state hospitals, clinics and medical centers.  Recently, the RDP dispatched its leaders to pay visits to several medical institutions both here in Windhoek and elsewhere to verify the problems that are generally raised by the people. It is [...]

I recently attended a Seminar in Ghana on E-Election Bridge Africa which was attended by other 10 African countries.  My recent visit to Ghana brings back some memories of 32 years ago. I was one of those lucky Namibians who studied in Ghana under the UN scholarship during the years of the liberation struggle. To [...]

Comrade Secretary General of the RDP Youth League, Comrade Members of RDP Central Committee, Comrade Members of parliament of the RDP, Comrade Members of Regional and Local Councils, Members of the Media, Dear Compatriots,   It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to this auspicious occasion.  It is exactly three years and seven [...]

(Office of the President) 27th April 2011   1.  Your Excellency, our nation is faced with widespread poverty, manifested above all, by a high rate of unemployment.  The question that is upmost in the minds of many people in this country is how much longer will this nation wait before it can see improvement in [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press   The wind of change blowing across North Africa and part of the Middle East is something that all authoritarian regimes must seriously take note of. The events in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain and now in Libya have no doubt inspired people in other parts of Africa whose democratic [...]