Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has announced that the Public Service Medical Aid Scheme governing committee is expected to review concerns over medical aid benefits, following recommendations aimed at reducing costs and improving relief for public servants and their dependents.

Civil servants will receive a salary increment of five per cent come 1st April.

This follows a signing agreement between the government, the Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) and the Namibia National Teachers' Union (NANTU).

The agreement covers two financial years, 2026/27 and 2027/28. 

The much-anticipated GIPF Pension-Backed Home Loan Scheme will commence on Monday next week.
 

The Namibian Revenue Agency (NamRA) has uncovered a fraudulent scheme linked to the Mass Tax Refund Initiative currently being implemented.

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has announced that its beneficiaries will receive their tax relief refunds on November 28, in line with the recently enacted Income Tax Amendment Act.

President Hage Geingob has asked the Public Service Commission to look into the size of Namibia's public service, considering the high wage bill.

The post-independence government had to absorb a workforce, including those from the previous apartheid administration.