Africa-Press – Namibia. THE decline of businesses at Oshikango have now led to southern Angola poaching Namibian border businesses.
This is seen as most of the Chinese businesses relocated and moved from Namibia over the past years in hopes of greener pastures.
The move has resulted in high illegal fuel smuggling and vehicle owners flocking to either Oshikango, Santa Clara or Ondjiva in order to fill up their tanks.
Angola is quickly turning into a dynamic hub, both economically and socially, and continues to record greater growth.
Its recent transformation into a thriving trading centre was most due to massive migration and trade between Angola and Namibia, a move now forcing Namibians to migrate into Angola for business purposes.
Not long ago, Oshikango was a hive for business with thousands of people flocking to the town in search of a livelihood.
With the end of the coronavirus outbreak, many outlets at the border town have since closed their doors and migrated to new towns due to the economic downturn of the area.
While touring the town, young people are seen flooding the streets of Oshikango selling whiskey, eggs, cigarettes and fast food business to make a quick buck.
Town mayor Darius Shaalukeni said business activities at the border town was mostly affected by the outbreak of coronavirus.
However, Saalukeni indicated that they have now seen a quick recovery of business in the town since the removal of Covid-19 restrictions which made trading more accessible.
“Those going to Angola due to trading conditions being favourable is above us. Namibia is a member of SACU and Angola is not, hence bilateral cooperation will need to be put in place,” he said.
He stressed that there is nothing they can do at this stage.
However, Shaalukeni indicated that they see a recovery in trade at the town with some of the big outlets now opening their doors to do business.
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