Namibia: The Exhaustion of Struggle Capital: Why Namibia’s Political Recycling Machine Is Breaking Down – Opinions

There is an unwritten law governing post-liberation politics across southern Africa: the further a society moves from its struggle for independence, the faster its founding party’s moral credit depreciates.

For 36 years, Namibia’s ruling establishment operated on a simple, foundational assumption; that the immense gratitude earned during the anti-apartheid war would function as a perpetual mandate to rule.

But in a country where more than 70% of the population is under the age of…