Proposed Investment Bill Criticized as Risk to Growth

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Photo: Economic Policy Research Association website

The Economic Policy Research Association says the Investment and Facilitation Bill, slated for Parliament in March, could stifle investment in Namibia. Speaking to NewsOnOne’s Eric Mhunduru, board member Johan Coetzee, says the bill’s provision granting one minister sweeping powers to approve, regulate, or limit investments threatens the country’s economic progress and development potential.

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Consumer Confidence Index dips below 50

Consumer inflation reached 5.4 percent in September, while fuel prices rose 30 percent year-on-year. The Simonis Storm Consumer Confidence Index fell to a record low of 42.2 in the fourth quarter. The firm forecasts 2 percent economic growth this year and expects inflation to peak at 6.2 percent in March […]

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Motion court: Banks claim N$28.7m in debt

High Court judges Boas Usiku and Gladys Pickering presided over the motion court sessions this morning with 66 applications for default judgments, of which two were on the rule 108 roll to be heard on Tuesday by Judge James Devittie. Commercial banks brought 33 applications and are claiming back ten […]

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