Last minute Christmas shoppers caused chaos and long queues at some retail shops at Otjiwarongo.

-Economist Mally Likukela on the Finance Minister's tabling of the mid-term budget.

Swakopmund Constituency Development Committee (CDC) has abolished its equipment aid scheme budget for small business owners.

The Swakopmund Municipality has approved a budget of N$521 million for the 2018/2019 financial year.

Several members of Parliament in the National Council say the budget allocation to the Ministry of Justice is not enough to render the required services.

-The Otjiwarongo Municipality has adopted its 2018/2019 financial year budget of N$148 million.

Deputy Minister for Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, has attributed her division's 40% budget cut for the 2018/19 financial year to a lack of understanding of needs of disabled people.

Some economic analysts have called for more innovative ways to stimulate the economy and improve budgetary provisions to the country's needs.

-Namibia's Finance Minister, Calle Schlettwein has tabled the 2018/19 national budget announcing the introduction of a 10% tax on dividends as a way to increase revenue to fund the deficit.

-Some economists welcomed the budget, describing it as a stabilising tool for the Namibian economy.