The Ministry of Finance has started the process of phasing out social grant cash payments.
The Deputy Director of Social Assistance, Albert Biwa, made the announcement at the consultative meeting with social grant recipients at Keetmanshoop.
NamPost will take over the payment of all social welfare grants under the cash pay mode starting 1st October this year.
The Ministry of Finance shared this information during the launch of the regional engagement initiative on social grants at Rundu.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has pleaded for patience with pensioners in response to the government not prioritising an increase in their grants for the 2025/2026 financial year.
Currently, the Old-Age Grant is N$1,600, following an increase of N$200 in 2024.
nbc News spoke to people from various quarters of society for a reaction to the national budget tabled today by Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah.
With the worsening living conditions of the less fortunate, who live in corrugated iron shelters in Namibia, the face of poverty regularly produces resilient individuals who, on a daily basis, struggle to feed their families.
The Omaheke Regional Council, in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare, is engaging the residents not to abuse their social grants.
The Minister of Finance has announced an increase in social grants to cushion vulnerable members of society against the rising cost of food prices.
Iipumbu Shiimi made the much-welcomed announcement in Parliament on Tuesday as he delivered the mid-term budget for the years 2022 to 2023.
A number of Angolans who have been living in Namibia for decades are still finding it difficult to acquire Namibian citizenship and are not benefiting from social safety nets.
