SWAPO Party Youth League
| SWAPO Party Youth League | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Windhoek, Namibia |
| Ideology | Economic emancipation, youth empowerment and rural development in all 107 constituencies and 14 regions of Namibia. |
| Mother party | South West Africa People's Organization |
| International affiliation | World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) |
| Website | |
| www.spyl.org | |
The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) is the youth wing of the SWAPO Party, the ruling party of Namibia.[1] It shares the same principles as those of SWAPO Party. SPYL sees itself as serving as an "active, revolutionary, and militant transmitting belt of the SWAPO Party ideology."[1]
Notable people
- Jerry Ekandjo, Government minister; member of SPYL from 1963–79
- Paulus Kapia, Secretary for SPYL & Member of Central Committee; member of 4th National Assembly of Namibia
- Kazenambo Kazenambo, Member of the SPYL Central Committee from 1991–2002; member of the 4th National Assembly
- Charles Ndaxu Namoloh, Defenise minister of Namibia since 2005, fled to Zambia with SPYL in 1974
- Pohamba Shifeta, Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture since 2005
- Ignatius Shixwameni, leader from 1987–99
- Piet van der Walt, businessperson
- Peya Mushelenga, Member of the National Assembly
- Elijah Ngurare, Secretary of SPYL 2007 to present
- Veikko Nekundi, Vice secretary of the SPYL 2012 to present
- Job Amupanda