Ondangwa Rural

Ondangwa Rural is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 13,613 inhabitants.[1] Ondangwa Rural was created by splitting the former constituency of Ondangwa into a rural and an urban part in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.[2] The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement Eheke.[3]

Former Ondangwa Constituency (yellow) in the Oshana Region (dark grey)

Politics

Ondangwa is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[4]

The following people have served as councillors of Ondangwa Rural (until 2013: Ondangwa) constituency:[5]

  1. Prinse Shiimi (1992–1998)
  2. Ismael Uugwanga (1999–2010)
  3. Alfeus Abraham (since 2011)

References
  1. Constituencies of Namibia, 2016
  2. Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era.
  3. "Eheke". Oshana Regional Council. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
  5. "Ondangwa Rural". Oshana Regional Council. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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