Namibia: Moving Namibia in the Right Direction

‘A run-off election between the top two candidates is likely’

Over the past six months, in the build-up to Namibia’s 27 November elections, Namibians have spent far too much time talking about who will win, and nowhere near enough looking into the manner in which an ‘upset’ would change the country.

Perhaps this is due to an unwillingness to believe that an upset will occur, or perhaps it is an unwillingness to recognise that the political system in the country, and the material outcomes it…