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Electric Capitalism in Namibia?
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Namibian banks serve wealthy, not working poor—by design
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An opinion piece argues that Namibia's banks function as capitalist institutions designed to allocate credit upward to the middle class and elites while excluding young people, informal workers, and the poor through credit criteria that reproduce social inequality.
6 May 2026 · The Namibian →
Wednesday 6 May
Namibian banks serve wealthy, not working poor—by design
An opinion piece argues that Namibia's banks function as capitalist institutions designed to allocate credit upward to the middle class and elites while excluding young people, informal workers, and the poor through credit criteria that reproduce social inequality.
6 May 2026 · The Namibian →
Tuesday 28 April
Analyst questions Sona's investor-first focus amid inequality
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's State of the Nation address highlighted economic growth and foreign investment in sectors like green hydrogen and mining, but critics argue the speech missed an opportunity to address austerity, inequality, and the cost-of-living crisis, with a development budget of N$12.8 billion deemed insufficient to tackle decades of inequality and persistent unemployment.
28 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Wednesday 1 April
Marxist analysis: Namibian independence did not achieve economic emancipation
A left-wing critique argues that while independence brought political sovereignty and constitutional achievements, economic structures of racial capitalism were not dismantled but "redecorated," and inequality persists because the state remains integrated into global capitalism and neoliberal logic. The article contends that class replaced race as the mechanism of exclusion, and that emancipation requires structural transformation of the economic base, not merely social spending or policy reform.
1 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Sunday 8 March
Editorial: Namibia's 2026 budget fails to transform economy
An opinion piece criticizes Namibia's 2026 budget for adhering to austerity and neo-classical economics rather than pursuing structural economic transformation. The authors argue that the government should instead implement expansionary policies, industrialisation, public investment in social sectors, and democratic economic controls to address unemployment and inequality.
8 March 2026 · The Namibian →