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Voters in Namibia. An Afrobarometer survey found 72% turnout of the continent’s voting population. Photo: Gianluigi GuerciaI/AFP
ELECTIONS

Vote tests Swapo’s dominance

The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal

  • Sofia Christensen
4 min read
Police also said they were investigating a death in Hillbrow, where a “member of the public” was allegedly shot by a group. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
COUNTRY

Scores arrested in looting, xenophobic protests

At least 70 people have been arrested since hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg’s Central Business District on Monday

  • Sofia Christensen
  • Susan Njanji
4 min read