The implementation of the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions is advancing efforts to create jobs, expand social protection and formalise the informal economy.

The Okahandja Municipality and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economy, Industry, Public Administration and Planning met with Okahandja street vendors to hear their daily challenges.

Street vendors along the incomplete Ongos–Eneas Peter Nanyemba Road in Windhoek’s Havana informal settlement are demanding the urgent completion of the road project, saying construction delays are hurting their livelihoods.

The recent influx of water in key catchment areas and floodplains has brought large quantities of fish, making it an ideal opportunity for Northerners to capitalise.

Many of the unemployed have been spending their time by the floodplains, catching fish.

The Minister of Industrialization and Trade, Lucia Iipumbu, says that the government recognises the invaluable role that the informal economy plays in the nation's economic landscape. 

Namibia's port of Walvis Bay is a town experiencing rapid population growth from individuals in search of greener pastures.

However, the hopes of many to find employment here are, more often than not, dashed.