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Readers air their views on Swapo’s landslide win in Namibia, the South African Dream and using our votes to end corruption.
In a landslide victory and Africa’s first e-vote, Namibia’s ruling Swapo wins elections and the party head, Hage Geingob, wins the presidential vote.
Namibia’s ruling party, Swapo, is so far leading the election results in the vote counts done in six constituencies.
Namibians are casting their votes in Africa’s first e-vote, with some hoping for a stronger opposition.
These elections will see opposition parties hoping to cash in on Swapo’s shortcomings.
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/ 1 December 2009
Namibia’s general elections last week were ”free and fair”, observers from neighbouring countries said on Monday.