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Namibia faces tough challenge to reverse apartheid legacy – president

Namibia faces tough challenge to reverse apartheid legacy – president

AXEL THREFALL and NYASHA NYAUNGWA NAMIBIAN President Hage Geingob says the southwestern African country must take care in its efforts to reverse the legacy of racist white minority rule, so as not to be seen as grabbing wealth. Speaking at a virtual session at an event organised by international organisation Horasis, Geingob said Namibia's status as an upper-middle-income country belied the fact that some 80% of its population, mostly Black, was living in poverty, while whites who make up less than 5% of Namibia's 2.4 million people were wealthy. "We are proud to be an upper middle income country ...…
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