How the Affirmative Reposition (AR) Movement in Namibia has applied the Populist-Socialist ideology in its fight for provision of urban land.
Introduction Affirmative Reposition Movement is a radical movement of Landless urban youth in Namibia which aims at improving the socio-economic being of the youth at large. THE Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Movement is not a political party. Far from it. It is not even an aspiration thereto. The AR Movement is a response to an aching issue our Government has dismally failed to address, the situation of the elite black bourgeoisie fraction of the fortunate minority who grew, and continue to grow, from some corrupt and opportunistic class of the politically well- connected. (Hangula, 2016). In its effort to achieve its goal the AR Movement have employed some populist-socialist ideologies which have made its efforts to enjoy popular support from urban youth. The following discussion will look at how AR has manged to take the populist-socialist pathway through giving relevant examples of the activities it has involved in and paralleling them with features of populist-socialist i