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By Paul Ndiho

Namibia has a new president, Nangolo Mbumba, who succeeded Hage Geingob. Alongside him, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was appointed as the new vice president. The pair will serve until the country’s presidential and national assembly elections, which are scheduled towards the end of this year. The ruling party, SWAPO, has governed the country since its independence from South Africa in 1990. According to SWAPO’s constitution, changes cannot be made once a candidate has been selected two years before the poll is due. To better understand what lies ahead in Namibia’s politics, VOA’s Paul Ndiho spoke to Dr. Bernard Mulongeni, a former director of General Namibia Broadcasting Corporation and a senior member of the ruling party SWAPO.