{"id":353570,"date":"2024-01-18T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=353570"},"modified":"2024-01-17T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:15:05","slug":"swapo-suspends-oniipa-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=353570","title":{"rendered":"Swapo suspends Oniipa mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Placido Hilukilwa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AUGUSTUS Nangolo, a Swapo Party local authority councillor recently elected as mayor of Oniipa town council in the Oshikoto Region, has been suspended. The suspension letter, dated January 16, 2024, signed by the party&#8217;s regional coordinator, Armas Amukwiyu, accuses Nangolo of collaborating with Swapo&#8217;s political competitors in a manner contrary to the party&#8217;s aims, objectives, and policies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Swapo-suspends-Oniipa-mayor-594x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353573\" style=\"width:347px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Swapo-suspends-Oniipa-mayor-594x1024.jpeg 594w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Swapo-suspends-Oniipa-mayor-174x300.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Swapo-suspends-Oniipa-mayor-110x190.jpeg 110w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Swapo-suspends-Oniipa-mayor-61x105.jpeg 61w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Swapo-suspends-Oniipa-mayor.jpeg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PICTURED: Suspended mayor of Oniipa town, Augustus Nangolo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nangolo, one of the four Swapo Party councillors in the Oniipa local authority, became mayor after being nominated by an IPC councillor, considered an &#8220;abomination&#8221; within Swapo Party norms. The IPC holds three councillor positions in the Oniipa town council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the suspension letter, Amukwiyu referred to the Swapo Party constitution the code of conduct and disciplinary procedures. Nangolo was directed to cease all party activities in Oniipa immediately, including communication with the town&#8217;s CEO and fellow Swapo councillors. The communication is valid until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nangolo responded with anger, accusing Amukwiyu of attempting to destroy Swapo and demanding his resignation. He criticized fellow Swapo councillors for alleged negligence in attending town council meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amukwiyu declined to comment, stating that it is an internal matter of the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa AUGUSTUS Nangolo, a Swapo Party local authority councillor recently elected as mayor of Oniipa town council in the Oshikoto Region, has been suspended. The suspension letter, dated January 16, 2024, signed by the party&#8217;s regional coordinator, Armas Amukwiyu, accuses Nangolo of collaborating with Swapo&#8217;s political competitors in a manner contrary to the party&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":353572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swapo suspends Oniipa mayor - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AUGUSTUS Nangolo, a Swapo Party local authority councillor recently elected as mayor of Oniipa town council in the Oshikoto Region...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=353570\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swapo suspends Oniipa mayor - 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