I read recently that, back in 2017, SWAPO made a big show of re-adopting a Socialist ideology. They call it "Socialism with Namibian Characteristics", though it's hard to tell how genuine this supposed shift really is.

It coincided with a big trade deal with China, so either a left-faction of SWAPO already was looking to make this pivot, and courted Chinese investment in the process, or an opportunist faction made the rhetorical pivot, thinking it would appeal to China.

I don't know what actual Namibian economic policy and quality of life has looked like over the last decade, as compared to the previous one. But that would be worth looking at, to see if this "Socialism with Namibian Characteristics" actually amounts to anything