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Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)

Political party in Namibia

Summary

Political party in Namibia

Field	Value
name	Rally for Democracy and Progress
logo	RDP-logo-3.jpg
logo_size	150px
colorcode
abbreviation	RDP
president	Mike Kavekotora
secretary_general	Brunhilde Cornelius
founder	Hidipo Hamutenya
Jesaya Nyamu
founded	17 November 2007
split	SWAPO
headquarters	Schönlein Street
Windhoek West
Windhoek
Khomas Region
newspaper	Voice of Change
wing1_title	Youth Wing
wing1	RDP Youth League
wing2_title	Women’s Wing
wing2	RDP Women’s League
ideology
position	Centre-left
colors	Blue
Yellow
Green
Black
seats1_title	Seats in the National Assembly
seats1
seats2_title	Seats in the National Council
seats2
seats3_title	Regional Councillors
seats3
seats4_title	Local Councillors
seats4
seats5_title	Pan-African Parliament
seats5
flag	[[File:Flagge RDP Namibia.png	150px]]
website	Website of RDP
country	Namibia

Jesaya Nyamu Windhoek West Windhoek Khomas Region Yellow Green Black

The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is a political party in Namibia. It was launched on 17 November 2007 under the leadership of Hidipo Hamutenya and Jesaya Nyamu, both former leading members of the ruling SWAPO party and cabinet ministers. Hamutenya had unsuccessfully sought the SWAPO nomination for President in 2004. At the time of the RDP's launch, it was considered to represent the strongest challenge to SWAPO's political dominance since the country gained its independence in 1990. According to Hamutenya, speaking at the RDP's launch, the party was "born in response to our people's deep longing for a vision, political direction and the rekindling of their hopes and aspiration for a better and prosperous future".

2008 conference and criticism of Robert Mugabe

In December 2008, RDP held the party's first national conference. Hamutenya was officially selected as leader of the party. Other party leaders included Steve Bezuidenhout, Jesaya Nyamu and Agnes Limbo. Concerning the crises in Zimbabwe, Hamutenya said "The Zimbabwe crisis is manmade and that regime should not be allowed to continue. It has led to poverty and hardship".

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	%
Hidipo Hamutenya	88,640	10.91%	Lost
30,197	3.39%	Lost
Mike Kavekotora	3,515	0.4%	Lost
2,974	0.27%	Lost

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
Hidipo Hamutenya	90,556	11.16%		New	2nd	Opposition
31,372	3.51%		5	3rd	Opposition
Mike Kavekotora	8,953	1.09%		2	9th	Opposition
3,308	0.30%		1	14th	Opposition

2009 elections

At the 2009 elections, RDP won 11% of the vote and 8 seats in the National Assembly. The party's leader and presidential candidate, Hidipo Hamutenya, won 10.91% of the vote. RDP and eight other opposition parties disputed the result and filed a case in court to have the results put aside, but the case was denied.

The eight members of the National Assembly in 2010 were: Hidipo Hamutenya, Steve Bezuidenhout, Jesaya Nyamu, Agnes Limbo, Anton von Wietersheim, Kandy Nehova, Peter Naholo and Heiko Lucks.

2010 regional elections, National Assembly boycott and merger

In March 2010, because of the disputed 2009 election, RDP decided to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the National Assembly of Namibia. RDP decided to wait until the Supreme Court of Namibia ruled on whether to put aside the election results. It was not until 14 September 2010 that the eight RDP members of the National Assembly were sworn in.

On 8 September 2010, RDP began the process of subsuming the Republican Party led by Henk Mudge following a memorandum of understanding agreement on September 8. In the agreement, The Republican Party would begin to phase out as an independent political organization and eventually come under the umbrella of RDP. The parties said they would work together in the November 2010 regional and local elections to unseat the ruling SWAPO party.

In 2015 Jeremia Nambinga became president of the RDP. He was voted out of that position by a no-confidence vote in 2017 but challenged the result in court, and won. In August 2018 he resigned his presidency. In 2019 Mike Kavekotora was elected president and Kennedy Shekupakela vice president.

References

[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/18/africa/AF-POL-Namibia-New-Party.php "New Namibian political party launched in challenge to ruling party"], Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), November 18, 2007.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091218081753/http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2008/december/article/-eef808edf2/ Mugabe regime the problem: Hamutenya] The Namibian, 9 December 2008
{{usurped. New Era]], 23 March 2010
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120331214430/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2010/september/article/full-house/ Full house] [[The Namibian]], 15 September 2010
{{usurped. New Era]], 8 September 2010
Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko. (10 August 2018). "Nambinga resigns as RDP president…vows to never join Swapo". [[New Era (Namibia).
Ngutjinazo, Okeri. (2 June 2019). "Kavekotora elected as RDP president". [[The Namibian]].

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