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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87850, member: 27"]
Namibia's social sector just gobbled up nearly 62% of an N$81.3 billion operational budget, making it the undeniable spending heavyweight for 2026/27.

Budget headline numbers
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[*]Ericah Shafudah unveiled the operational budget last Thursday.
[*]Spending jumped N$746 million over the prior year's outturn.
[*]Efficiency cuts across ministries freed up N$2.3 billion in savings.
[*]Revenue for the fiscal year sits at an estimated N$89.8 billion.
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Social sector gets the lion's share
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[*]Education, health, safety nets, and youth empowerment split N$54.3 billion.
[*]The education ministry alone pulls N$28 billion of that pot.
[*]Subsidized tertiary education got N$2.8 billion earmarked specifically.
[*]N$1.7 billion goes toward beefing up civil-servant pay structures.
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Civil-servant salary bumps
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[*]Grades 15 and 14 get a flat N$700 monthly bump starting in April.
[*]Grades 13 through 1 score a 5% basic-salary increase.
[*]Everyone from grades 1 to 15 gets another 5% raise in 2027/28.
[*]Non-management workers also land a 7% transport-allowance hike then.
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Security, development, and fiscal outlook
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[*]Safety and security grabbed N$17 billion, about 19.5% of spending.
[*]Development projects got N$6.5 billion in state-funded allocations.
[*]SACU receipts are projected to climb to N$24.3 billion.
[*]Budget deficit should shrink from 5.5% to 3.3% of GDP by 2028/29.
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