23
Mar
This year’s decision by the Namibian government to host Independence Day celebrations across all 14 regions marks a notable and commendable shift in national thinking. For 36 years, the symbolic centre of our independence has largely remained fixed in Windhoek, politically convenient, administratively efficient, but economically narrow in its reach. By extending into every region, government has, perhaps unintentionally, offered a practical demonstration of what a decentralised economic model could look like. It is, in principle, an excellent idea. Yet, like many well-intentioned policy shifts in developing economies, its impact has been diluted by one critical flaw: timing. Announcing such…
