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Old people in Namibia are going into debt to pay for everyday costs – new report examines strained household budgets

Old people in Namibia are going into debt to pay for everyday costs – new report examines strained household budgets — photograph supplied by The Conversation Africa

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Katutura township, Namibia. By Sonse, Wikimedia, CC BYYour grandmother in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, is struggling to breathe. You call the public ambulance service, but you’re told it could take more than 24 hours to arrive, if it comes to your area at all. So you make the only call that…

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