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Samora Machel Constituency (formerly known as Wanaheda Constituency) is a constituency in
Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
in the Khomas Region of central
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. The constituency is located across four northern suburbs of
Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
: Wanaheda,
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, Goreangab, and part of
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. It had a population of 50,110 in 2011, up from 29,382 in 2001. it had 45,962 registered voters. Most of the residents of this constituency are formally unemployed and derive their income from informal employment and small enterprises like
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s and car washes. The impact of
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is high.


Name change

The area which made up the constituency was named Wanaheda during colonial times, an acronym for ' Wambos, Namas, Hereros and Damaras', the four peoples that were allowed to live here. In 2003, following governmental and public recommendations, the constituency was renamed in honour of Mozambican President
Samora Machel Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's ...
. The suburb itself still carries the old name.


Politics

The 2004 regional election was won by
John Ya Otto Nankudhu John ya Otto Nankudhu (1933–2011, nom de guerre: ''Koshiwanda'', the surname is sometimes also spelled Nankugu) was a Namibian guerrilla, army officer and politician. He was the commander of the forces of the People's Liberation Army of Nami ...
of the SWAPO Party with 8,370 votes. Runners-up were Victoria Gawanas of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 594 votes), Fransiska Hipondoka of the
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(CoD, 475 votes), Gabriel Rukero of the
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(NUDO, 380 votes), and Adolf Kaurimuje of the
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic ...
(DTA, 201 votes). The 2015 regional election were also won by SWAPO whose Fanuel San Shivute gained 8,774 votes. Tuyenikelao Kanyiki of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) finished distant second with 1,078 votes. The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. Nestor Kalola received 4,802 votes. Erastus Kupololo of the
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(IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, came second with 3,402 votes.


References

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