Namibia: Unemployment Major Cause of Urbanisation

Windhoek — The introduction of subsidies for rural housing schemes and intensified civic education at regional level could curb the mushrooming of shacks in urban areas, a study has found.

A research paper by Dr Andrew Niikondo, Head of the Public Management Department at the Polytechnic of Namibia, has identified unemployment as a major cause of urbanisation in Namibia.

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