Close to twenty vendors operating from the Keetmanshoop Open Market, owned by the Namibia Industrial Agency (NIDA), are about to lose their only source of income after being instructed to vacate their stalls due to unpaid rental fees.

Rental fees for the stalls range between N$500 and N$1200. 

Vendors told nbc News that officials from NIDA ordered them to vacate their stalls without any prior eviction notice due to falling behind on their rental payments.