Category: Opinion
Understanding the Context of Pensions in Namibia in 2023 – Part 3B
By: Carmen Forster Retirement considerations The Income Tax Act, Act No 24 of 1981 (the ITA) indicates how retirement benefits are to be taxed when a member retires. Provident funds If the member is retiring from a provident…
Understanding the Context of Pensions in Namibia in 2023 – Part 3A
By: Carmen Forster This is the third article in the series on ‘Understanding the Context of Pensions in Namibia in 2023’. We have been looking at the Namibian pension provision per the Pillars defined in the World Bank Pension…
Understanding the Context of Pensions in Namibia in 2023 – Part 2
By: Carmen Forster Minimum Contributions Even if a retirement fund member diligently preserves his/her retirement savings benefit, he/she will not be able to save enough to achieve a reasonable level of post-retirement income (around 75% of their pre-retirement salary)…
Understanding the Context of Pensions in Namibia in 2023
By: Carmen Forster Part 2 Earlier this year, I wrote an article that highlighted how retirement benefits are provided for in Namibia under Pillar 0 of the World Bank Model for Pension Provision. In this article, we will consider…
Investing In Sports Improves Lives
By: Jacquiline Pack In 2015, 195 countries agreed with the United Nations to bring together all stakeholders to improve the world by 2030. They formulated the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Vision 2030 Agenda. Besides other strategic implementation efforts to…
What Namibia Can Learn From Qatar On Gas Development And Monetisation
By: NJ Ayuk When I was working on my 2019 book, ‘Billions At Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals’, I wrote that Qatar was well on its way to achieving its goal of becoming the “Gas Capital…
Having A Financially Responsible Valentine’s Day
By: Mignon du Preez Valentine’s Day is a special day to celebrate love and affection, but it is also a suitable time to reflect on our finances. It is important to prioritise your finances and avoid overspending on Valentine’s Day….
Making financial resolutions work in 2023
By: Mignon du Preez It is incredible how many people make resolutions about getting themselves into shape when a new year begins. Very few of us, think about the ‘financial hangover’ that we are dragging into a new year and…
Unconventional Thoughts: The Flooding, Who is to blame, Engineers, Hydrologists or Town Planners?
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka The last year’s flooding of Wernihil Shopping Mall in the capital city got people questioning Engineers and the mighty city planning, furthermore the yearly flooding of the northern and eastern regions. Someone posted that “engineers should…
The Unconventional And Unorthodox Thoughts: Dear African Entrepreneur
By: Tony O. Elumelu 2022 was not an easy year. We escaped the pandemic, but none of us were untouched by global events. Prices have risen frighteningly, the cost of doing business has increased, and customers are stretched We…