Swartbooi flees chaotic Keetmans meeting

landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi and other party leaders were forced to flee a public meeting at Keetmanshoop on Saturday after chaos erupted over the recall of town mayor Melody Swartbooi.

LPM spokesperson Lifalazi Simataa yesterday said the meeting was intended to allow members and residents to engage the leadership on the recall of local structures, with all questions expected to be addressed under the formal agenda, including a dedicated question-and-answer session.

“It was disrupted before we could reach that stage,” he said.

Swartbooi and other senior leaders were later escorted away after the police advised that the meeting could not continue, despite attempts by the leadership to proceed.