Samora Machel constituency (formerly known as Wanaheda) is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

. The constituency is located across four northern suburbs of Windhoek

Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...

: Wanaheda

Wanaheda

Samora Machel constituency is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. The constituency is located across four northern suburbs of Windhoek: Wanaheda, Greenwell Matongo, Goreangab, and part of Havana...

, Greenwell Matongo, Goreangab, and part of Havana. it had 32,000 inhabitants.

Most of the residents of this constituency are formally unemployed and derive their income from informal employment and small enterprises like shebeen

Shebeen

A shebeen was originally an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence.The term has spread far from its origins in Ireland, to Scotland, Canada, the United States, England,...

s and car washes. The impact of HIV/AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 is high.

Name change

The area which made up the constituency was named Wanaheda during colonial times and continued to be called it following its independence in 1990. It is an acronym for 'Wambos, Namas, Hereros and Damaras

Damara people

The Damara are an ethnic group who make up 8.5% of Namibia's population...

' In 2003, following governmental and public recommendations, it was renamed in honour of Mozambican

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 President Samora Machel

Samora Machel

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader and eventual President of Mozambique...

.

2004 electoral results

• John Ya Otto Nankudhu
  John ya Otto Nankudhu
  John ya Otto Nankudhu was a Namibian freedom fighter, army officer and politician. He was the commander of the forces of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia at Omugulugwombashe when the armed struggle for independence began there on 26 August 1968 and was later jailed for 17 years at Robben...
  
   (SWAPO Party): 8370
• Victoria Gawanas (United Democratic Front
  United Democratic Front (Namibia)
  The United Democratic Front is a political party in Namibia. Justus Garoëb is the party's leader.-1989:The UDF received 37,874 votes in the 1989 election, which elected members to the Constituent Assembly of Namibia. The Constituent Assembly elected the first President and wrote Namibia's...
  
  ): 594
• Frasiska Hipondoka (Congress of Democrats
  Congress of Democrats
  The Congress of Democrats is a political party in Namibia, led by Ben Ulenga. It is an opposition party represented in the National Assembly.The party is an observer of the Socialist International.- 2004 elections :...
  
  ): 475
• Gabriel Rukero (National Unity Democratic Organisation
  National Unity Democratic Organisation
  The National Unity Democratic Organisation is a political party in Namibia that is based among the Herero. NUDO was part of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance from the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference of the 1970s until it withdrew in September 2003, accusing the DTA of failing to work for...
  
  ): 380
• Adolf Kaurimuje (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance): 201