Students Union of Namibia

The Students Union of Namibia commonly known as SUN is a radical national students organization in Namibia formed in 2019 as a breakaway organization from the Namibia National Students Organization. [1][2][3]

Students Union of Namibia
Founded atWindhoek
TypeStudent Movement
HeadquartersWindhoek, Namibia
Region
Oshana, Oshakati, Ohangwena, Kavango West, Kavango East, Zambezi, Hardap, Erongo and Kunene
ServicesRepresenting Namibian students
President
Simon Amunime
Vice President
Inna Hengari
Secretary General
Bernard Kavau

Background

In 2019, members of the Namibia National Students Organization were involved in ideological differences over ways in which Namibian students needed to be represented. They accused the President of Nanso, its Secretary General and Secretary to the students president as being captured by members of the SWAPO Party Youth League and having sold out the student struggle. This preceded a public altercation aired on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation news in April 2019. In it, the president of Nanso was chased out of a meeting by student leaders accusing her "selling out the struggle to politicians". Following months of public spats, the Vice President of Nanso Bernard Kavau, Khomas Regional Cordinator Simon Amunime and President of the International University of Management Ngolo Sheya were removed from their positions by a faction that supported the Nanso President. The student leaders then formed the Students Union of Namibia as a means to confront and solve issues involving NSFAF.[4][5][3]

See also

References
  1. https://www.namibian.com.na/83329/read/New-students-union-launched | New students union launched - The Namibian
  2. https://www.lelamobile.com/content/81940/Nanso-defectors-establish-new-student-body/ Lela Mobile Online - Nanso defectors establish new student body
  3. https://neweralive.com.na/posts/nanso-infight-sparks-mass-exodus |Nanso infight sparks mass exodus - New Era Live
  4. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
  5. http://www.nbc.na/news/suspended-nanso-leaders-resign.24764 | Suspended NANSO leaders resign | | Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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