WINDHOEK – When Swapo leaders were rubbing shoulders with Epafras Mukwiilongo at the memorial service of former ambassador Andrew Intamba in April at Parliament Gardens, they in all likelihood did not know about his plans to establish the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF).
But as it turned out this week, Mukwiilongo established the new political group and used its launch as an occasion to fire salvos at Swapo, accusing the ruling party of, among others, protecting the ideals of capitalism.
Mukwiilongo, a nephew of the late former governor of Omusati Region, Nangolo Mukwiilongo, says the Swapo-led government protects foreign businesses more than those owned by Namibians.
But Swapo yesterday rejected the accusation, with Secretary General Nangolo Mbumba labelling the new kids on the block as a hopeless bunch of disgruntled individuals who are imitating their South African counterparts, in reference to Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)…
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