Namibia: New National Youth Council Board Defies Tjongarero Over Leadership

The newly elected National Youth Council of Namibia (NYC) board has defied a decision by sport, youth and national service minister Agnes Tjongarero to put in place an interim board to serve for the next six months.

Tjongarero disagrees with the youth who met at the NYC’s third general assembly over the weekend to elect a new leadership. David Hanse from the Junior Chambers International, an NYC affiliate, has accused Tjongarero of seeking to favour a faction of the NYC by suppressing their…