The GIPF has taken note of articles circulating on social media regarding the “death after retirement” benefits offered by the GIPF, and more so as it affects members who are single at the time of their death.
Year: 2022
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Debt has become a lifeline for many Namibians
It is therefore not surprising that the ripple effect of the current financial environment has not only created an environment of constant stress, but has also led to a cycle of debt for many individuals.
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Economic distress prolongs domestic recovery – BAN
Many local economists are generally optimistic about the domestic economic outlook for 2022, with some stating they “expect stronger growth of 3% in 2022, driven by a continued base effect recovery across the secondary and tertiary industries, bolstered by a stronger mining output”.
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Namibia on track to achieve Expo 2020 goals
Three months after joining 191 other nations as a participant at the Expo 2020 Dubai hosted in the United Arab Emirates, Namibia is well on her way to achieving ambitious goals set for the expo.
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Opinion | Reimaging the boundaries around us
In the physical world, boundaries are easy to see. Fences, signs, walls, moats with alligators and hedges are all physical boundaries.
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Opinion | Youth unemployment plight spilling into 2022
The youth are ushered in the New Year with the presidential warning issued on 2 December 2021 at a youth engagement event at State House that government is not God to create jobs. This means that the youth should therefore start creating jobs themselves instead of looking up to government.
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Opinion | Amutuni war – 28 January 1904
German settlers occupied Namibia (the then German South West Africa) from 1884 until around 1915. Upon arriving in Namibia, they started moving in different directions where they gave themselves large track of fertile land.
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Opinion | Restrictive abortion law linked to poverty in Namibia
In a recent article published in The Namibian, horrendous figures exposed the state of our economy and blemished the hope of a utopia for Namibians who not only looked forward to a lighter year but live the daily reality of these incredulous figures.
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Opinion | The informal sector as a driver of economic growth and job creation
The prominence of the informal sector cannot be underemphasized as almost all persons who cannot find placements within the formal sector of the economy find solace in the informal sector.
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Opinion | Feeding personal wealth to revive and grow SMEs post-pandemic
In their quest for wealth and financial freedom, Namibians in recent times have fallen prey to elaborate unregulated get-rich-quick schemes that came in the form of forex trading, investor recruitments and others, which would easily be described as the modern form of what Charles Ponzi would have come up with.