The levels of inequality in Namibia are a cause for concern.

This is the view of Mally Likukela, an economist at Twilight Capital, commenting on the recent report of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. 

Likukela says the gap between the rich and the poor has various dimensions, such as gender, where females are more disproportionately on the lower side.

He cited as an example the regional dimension, where inequality is quite rapid. 

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.