Namibia: Race Card Played in City Boss Search

THE Windhoek Municipality is divided on whether to appoint Namdeb's general manager Riaan Burger as the chief executive because he is white.

The municipality has not had a fulltime chief executive since 2014 when Niilo Taapopi retired despite undertaking four recruitment processes. They failed to find a suitable replacement in all four instances.

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