21.09.2015 - Namibia: Time Has Come for a Namibian Sovereign Wealth Fund
In the face of self-aggrandisement in the national sectors that oversee our natural resources, particularly in the fishing and mining industries, it would be prudent for the Namibian government to introduce a new wave of economic transformation. This is particularly important now that the nation under the leadership of President Hage Geingob is determined to chart a new path of fiscal prudence and discipline in the management of national resources. Of late, we have seen mud being slung from one end to the other between Bidvest and its beneficiaries on one hand, and Bernard Esau, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources on the other. The whole hullabaloo is because the minister wants to open up and make the Namibian fisheries sector more competitive and thereby increase its contribution to the Namibian economy...............................................Full Article: Source
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