A Namibian writer and social justice activist says there is reluctance to adopt fair distribution measures to promote social and economic justice, to close the gap between the rich and poor.

The journal's second edition launched in the capital, focuses on the question of inequality in Namibia.

An overarching theme that emerges out of the many articles published in the journal suggests that inequality widens because those in power and benefit from the status quo, remain largely indifferent to it. 

Despite being classified as a higher middle-income country, levels of marginalisation and exclusion in Namibia are very high. 

Namibian Journal of Social Justice' Editor, Dr  Ndumba Kamwanyah said these findings call for a deliberate political will to invest in education, adapt pertinent and policy agendas as well as ongoing education reform in order to achieve social justice that is able to build the community to the level of the playing field, therefore sustain social justice and equality in Namibia.

Namibia, like most of Southern Africa, is still trapped in an unequal economic development model and hence displays persistently high levels of inequality. 

Authors of the journal say this inequality affects groups differently, depending on their social class, race, gender, ethnicity and geographic location. 

Herbert Jauch of the
Economic & Social Justice Trust said these are two sides of the same coin and people move in and out, when they lose their jobs in the formal sector, they are in the informal economy the next day and they search for work again and how do families like that deal with it, that is what we want to explore.

The journal presents scholarly articles, case studies, opinion pieces, and visual art through which the different aspects of inequality are explored.