Rui Tyitende unpacks what land handover in Katima Mulilo says about Namibia’s anti-corruption efforts

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In , Katima Mulilo council officials allegedly handed over 31 hectares of prime public land—about half a dozen football fields—to one of their own, reportedly for free, or at a fraction of its worth. Closer to home, Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) made headlines for something much smaller — catching a police officer who allegedly pocketed N$750 from traffic fines.

Now, both cases involve wrongdoing — but the scale and response couldn’t be more different. While petty corruption gets swift attention, systemic, high-level misconduct, including land grabs involving councillors and technocrats, seems to fall through the cracks.

To help us unpack what this says about Namibia’s anti-corruption efforts — or lack thereof — we were joined by political analyst Rui Tyitende, a familiar voice on matters of governance, democracy, and accountability.