Namibia: Unemployment Driving Youth to Alcohol, Drugs – Amupanda

Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader Job Amupanda says it’s sad to see that the country’s high youth unemployment rate is driving young Namibians to drugs, alcohol and crime.

This rate was 46,1% in 2023, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency.

Meanwhile, the preliminary results of the 2023 Housing and Population Census (HPC) indicated that 71,1% (2,1 million) of Namibia’s population are under 35 years old.

Amupanda, during a media conference at Katima Mulilo on Tuesday, said young people have…