Samora Machel Constituency

The constituency is located across four northern suburbs of Windhoek: Wanaheda, Greenwell Matongo, Goreangab, and part of Havana.

[2] Most of the residents of this constituency are formally unemployed and derive their income from informal employment and small enterprises like shebeens and car washes.

[3] The area which made up the constituency was named Wanaheda during colonial times, an acronym for 'Wambos, Namas, Hereros and Damaras', the four peoples that were allowed to live here.

In 2003, following governmental and public recommendations, the constituency was renamed[4] in honour of Mozambican President Samora Machel.

Erastus Kupololo of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, came second with 3,402 votes.