Namibia: Create Pro-Business Culture, Get Rid of Rent-seeking – Uncategorised

If Natangwe Ithete was fired for his anti-business attitude, there is hope that the government’s distrust and outright dislike of genuine enterprise will die for the sake of improving Namibia’s poor economic performance.

But if Ithete was fired for ignoring president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s orders not to renew oil licences, let the opportunity not be missed to effect structural changes to a business culture that has created many multimillionaires while poverty has become more…