UNPACKING THE DAY WITH JOHN (11 SEPTEMBER 2026)
“The System That Fails Its Own — The Survival Economy”
87.1% of farming households in Namibia farm just to eat. Not to sell. Just to survive. 378,000 adults rely on social grants to get through the month. Meanwhile, the Kunene budget freeze continues, the eJustice system remains offline, and the Ministry of Works has failed to maintain state infrastructure for decades. Plus: the Dâures Green Fertiliser Project offers a glimpse of what value addition could look like. One question: who is the system actually working for?