Namibian households tripled to 756,339 in 2023 compared to 254,389 recorded during the 1991 Population and Housing Census, latest data shows. According to the latest preliminary census results released by Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) Statistician General, Alex Shimuafeni on Wednesday, between 2011 and 2023, households increased by 291,500 (62.7%) from 464,839. The data indicate that...
Officials from the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will be returning to the households in February as part of the final phase of the Post-Enumeration Survey Reconciliation exercise. The households to be visited are those with persons whose details do not match the information collected during the Census and Post-Enumeration Survey. The NSA conducted the post-enumeration...
On 8 December, The Namibian published an article titled ‘Reviving ‘Dad’ Power: The Overlooked Significance of Fathers’. The author stated that “statistics indicate that single parent households, more so those led by women, contribute significantly to food insecurity” but failed to specify the statistics. I would argue that not providing ‘evidence’ as to why is...
Household credit extension remains a key driver in the growth of Private Sector Credit Extension, exhibiting a moderate increase of 4.2% y/y in October 2023. According to Simonis Storm, this is an escalation from the 2.8% y/y growth seen in October 2022, albeit a slight decrease from the 4.3% y/y recorded in September 2023. “The...
About 30 residents of Aussenkehr, whose reed houses were destroyed by a fire two weeks ago, are still being housed in tents. The blazing fire displaced 57 households and claimed a life. The fire started at one of the reed houses before spreading quickly, leaving destruction in its wake. It claimed the life of...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja Auditor General Junias Kandjeke has revealed that 44 percent of female-headed households in Namibia are living in poverty. In a recent Performance Audit Report on Gender Equality in Governance, Decision-Making and Economic Empowerment within the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW), covering the financial years of 2017/18 to 2021/22....
Household north of the veterinary cordon fence will not be affected by the latest move by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform to strictly control the movement of poultry products in and out of the country. Ministry spokesperson Jona Musheko last week said the strict guidelines are for commercial purposes. “It does not...