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Sep
Martin Endjala The Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi, is calling for all debts owed to the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) by beneficiaries who employ ten or more people to be cancelled. Nekundi tabled a motion in Parliament last week calling on his fellow parliamentarians to discuss the matter. He said the motion strikes at the heart of two pressing challenges facing Namibia, namely, the persistently high rate of unemployment, particularly youth unemployment and the weighty burden of student debt from NSFAF. “I contend that the path to addressing both of these challenges lies in a…