Closing the Gaps – Political Party Finance
The briefing paper examines the new international standards on political finance transparency adopted at the 11th Conference of States Parties (CoSP11) to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). The report’s author Frederico Links argues that Namibia’s political finance system continues to face significant challenges due to weaknesses in legislation, enforcement and compliance. The new […]
The Changing Political Landscape
The recent local and regional elections produced few surprises. Swapo would have been hoping to maintain the 65% of the popular vote they achieved in 2019’s National Assembly elections. But with a year of more Fishrot revelations and an already battered economy coming under further pressure from COVID-19, the prospect of stabilising the Swapo vote […]