All eyes on 2026/27 budget as Shafudah tables national spending plan

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All eyes are on finance minister Ericah Shafudah as she tables Namibia’s 2026/27 national budget amid rising public debt, cost-of-living pressures and mounting expectations for economic growth with fiscal discipline.

Speaking to Desert FM, economist Omu Kakujaha-Matundu unpacks what the budget could mean for ordinary Namibians, businesses and the country’s long-term economic stability.