Unemployment in Namibia

The unemployment in Namibia is real and it should never be taken for granted that the 2008 Labour Force Statistics does not reflect the reality on the ground. It is very embarrassing and only those who has lost touch with their community can dispute the fact that unemployment in Namibia has reach the crisis point like Martin Mwinga, Klaus Schade and Taimi Amunkete. Both your argument that people working in Subsistence farming were not included in the employment figures is pure lies and does not hold any base. The Ministry of Labour has data on that and it can be even disaggregated by Crop farming, Animal farming and Forestry farming. In addition, Mr. Mwinga argues that the economy of the country has been growing well there assuming that people has jobs is pure crap. Namibian economic is largely depended on the mining sector which contribute over 40% to the GDP but yet the mining sector is the lowest when it comes to employment. The Labour Force Survey has good reputations backed up the International Labour Organization. Both the 2004 and 2008 Labour force survey receive technical support from the ILO offices both in Geneva as well as the regional office in South Africa. For your information, the Labour Force survey master samples was determine by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and the sampling weights was applied by CBS. Please try to get your facts straight before rushing to media with your fabricated office based figures!!!!