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Published on 2026-09-03 11:00:00
For nearly 380 000 Namibians, a government grant is not simply an additional source of income, but the money they rely on to get through the month.
The 2025 Namibia Financial Inclusion Survey shows that 20.8% of Namibia’s eligible adult population depend primarily on government social transfers, including old-age pensions, child grants and disability grants to survive.
The figure translates to about 378 000 people, based on an eligible adult population of 1.82 million.
The old-age…
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