Namibia: The Dubious Foundations of the ‘Substantive’ President Argument

Upton* Sinclair’s quip that “it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it”, best sums up the presidential press secretary’s response on whether president Nangolo Mbumba is an acting president (Namibian Sun’s YouTube channel, 4 August).

Insisting the debate has been settled and that further questions are merely polemical appears to be the prevailing view.

In fairness to the press secretary, he was doing his job as the government’s spin…