President of many hats

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is now the head of state, in charge of the oil and gas portfolio as well as the acting minister of industries, mines and energy.

While the Presidency insists this is a temporary measure, critics warn that it may signal a return to what former president Hage Geingob once called “presidentialism”, the systematic concentration of power in one individual.

Political scientist Rui Tyitende speaks to Desert FM on this.