Namibia: Lawmakers 'Choke Life Out of Export Companies'

Santa Clara — Namibian lawmakers are accused of having effectively choked the life out of export companies set up to benefit from the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) regime at Oshikango, by enacting the abolishment of the export allowance incentive.

An appeal by businesses at Oshikango has until now fallen on deaf ears and the very few business owners struggling to trade say if government does not act - "then the Oshikango experience has effectively come to an end".

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