Shimbulu back as Oshakati mayor

Katrina Shimbulu is back in the saddle as mayor of the Oshakati Town Council, after she served in the position from 2007 and was demoted in 2010.
However, the council elections have now been plunged into controversy, with it emerging that a directive from the Swapo head office had been ignored in terms of the election of at least one senior office-bearer.
After serving as deputy mayor to Ben Kathindi in 2010 and then being further demoted to an ordinary councillor in 2012, Shimbulu is now seemingly back in Swapo’s good graces.
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