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SWAPO congress 2017_A game of thrones.

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I know who is going to win the next presidential election of the republic of Namibia, the president of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO party), I just don’t know which who it is going to be. I am so certain that I will bet my house on it and I don’t even have one. The SWAPO party is a former liberation movement and has ruled Namibia for 27 years, because of the allegiance that most citizens show to former liberation movements, SWAPO is unlikely to lose an election for at least 50 years, if ever. In less than two weeks SWAPO will have its congress to decide who will be the party’s president and also who will occupy the other top positions. Therefore, the health of the republic of Namibia is intricately intertwined with the health of the SWAPO party, in the absence of a competent opposition party, the Namibian electorate has no choice but to vote SWAPO – which in retrospect isn’t much of a choice.  After the 2014 National Elections which saw President Hag