Namibians vote in tight contest clouded by economic crisis
Scandal-hit Swapo faces toughest contest yet as President Hage Geingob seeks second term
27 November 2019 - 20:42
Namibians voted on Wednesday in what was expected to be the toughest contest yet for the party that has ruled for three decades of independence as the country wrestles with an economic crisis and its biggest corruption scandal yet.
President Hage Geingob, Namibia’s third leader since the country freed itself from the shackles of apartheid SA in 1990, is seeking a second and final term from 1.3-million registered voters...
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