Martin Endjala
Namibia’s poverty levels are said to have reached alarming proportions and it is reported to be on the increase.
In 2021, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) survey found that about 60 percent of Namibians are either multi-dimensionally poor or vulnerable to multi-dimensional poverty.“It is high time that the government created a universal basic income for unemployed Namibians to avert poverty and to provide social protection in the country.”These are the words of National Council member of Parliament Paulus Mbangu, in a telephonic conversation with this publication yesterday.His call for a basic income grant for unemployment comes after […]
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