The Government Institution Fund (GIPF) recently announced it's plan to roll out pensioned backed home scheme. This is where public servants will use a portion of their pension in a form of a loan to build their houses. Although this idea may seems good to few of the public servants, this idea does not really solve the current financial distress and burden many workers in this sector faces .
The statistics currently inform us that out of 71 305 public servants in the country, about half these public servants are drowning in debts. Recently, we have witnessed two teachers from Ohangwena region ( Nestory Nanhinda (34 ) and Titus Nuuyi (34)) who committed suicide, all citing to issue of being in serious financial crisis.
It is on record that on your personal level as the Prime minister of the country, you expressed how financial difficult almost caused your life. Similarly, the president of the country ( Hon. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah) expressed how she spends sleepless night over these young public servants committing suicide.
Therefore, if truly these bothers you Hon. Prime Minister together with the president, we suggest your office to review the idea of public servants getting a loan from their pension to build houses, to rather allow public servant claim a portion from their pension but not in a form of a loan . We suggest that public servants can claim even 30% from their pension to ensure it does not affect their pension too much. This will assist public servants to use this money to pay off some of their debts while they are still young and live a free and a happy life which is vital for the productivity in the workforce.
Lastly, we also suggest your office to host meetings in different towns and hear the views of public servants on this matter before implementing it.
We trust and value your timely feedback on this matters.
On behalf of other public servants
Petrus Ishitile Shiweva (a teacher )
0813372636
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August 19, 2025
175 Comments
We need portion of our pension money to settle our loans, clear our payslips and be able to qualify for housing subsidies. 30% is acceptable.
As a Namibian and raised in a black poor community I don't know why should I be given a loan from my GIPF as I feel I need that money to uplift my standard so giving me a loan will be just another burden so instead give me the potion and let me get less in the retirement. Deduct what I am taking now from the retirement. Or else this whole deal should just die.
I fully agree with the proposal because I am also the only working family in my family, both my parents stay with me, my two children, I am drowning in study loans, no promotion, been teaching for 20 years, my homeloan deduction is over 10k, I am barely surviving by selling fudge and perfumes to just buy bread daily. I need help.
Its in our best interest to claim from our Gipf funds rather than saving money which one might not even get a chance to spend later in life due to death and other unforseen circumstances
Civil servants should be allowed to claim 35% of their GIPF pension not as a loan. It must be paid into their Accounts not through any other entity or entities but straight from GIPF to us civil servants.
We need to be able to claim a portion from our GIPF pension.
I do agree with the petition.
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The Government Institution Fund (GIPF) recently announced it's plan to roll out pensioned backed home scheme. This is where public servants will use a portion of their pension in a form of a loan to build their houses. Although this idea may seems good to few of the public servants, this idea does not really solve the current financial distress and burden many workers in this sector faces .
The statistics currently inform us that out of 71 305 public servants in the country, about half these public servants are drowning in debts. Recently, we have witnessed two teachers from Ohangwena region ( Nestory Nanhinda (34 ) and Titus Nuuyi (34)) who committed suicide, all citing to issue of being in serious financial crisis.
It is on record that on your personal level as the Prime minister of the country, you expressed how financial difficult almost caused your life. Similarly, the president of the country ( Hon. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah) expressed how she spends sleepless night over these young public servants committing suicide.
Therefore, if truly these bothers you Hon. Prime Minister together with the president, we suggest your office to review the idea of public servants getting a loan from their pension to build houses, to rather allow public servant claim a portion from their pension but not in a form of a loan . We suggest that public servants can claim even 30% from their pension to ensure it does not affect their pension too much. This will assist public servants to use this money to pay off some of their debts while they are still young and live a free and a happy life which is vital for the productivity in the workforce.
Lastly, we also suggest your office to host meetings in different towns and hear the views of public servants on this matter before implementing it.
We trust and value your timely feedback on this matters.
On behalf of other public servants
Petrus Ishitile Shiweva (a teacher )
0813372636
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
August 19, 2025
175 Comments
I fully support this motion as many grn employees never get the opportunity to benefit from their pension as they pass on prior to retirement.
We need portion of our pension money to settle our loans, clear our payslips and be able to qualify for housing subsidies. 30% is acceptable.
As a Namibian and raised in a black poor community I don't know why should I be given a loan from my GIPF as I feel I need that money to uplift my standard so giving me a loan will be just another burden so instead give me the potion and let me get less in the retirement. Deduct what I am taking now from the retirement. Or else this whole deal should just die.
I fully agree with the proposal because I am also the only working family in my family, both my parents stay with me, my two children, I am drowning in study loans, no promotion, been teaching for 20 years, my homeloan deduction is over 10k, I am barely surviving by selling fudge and perfumes to just buy bread daily. I need help.
Its in our best interest to claim from our Gipf funds rather than saving money which one might not even get a chance to spend later in life due to death and other unforseen circumstances
Civil servants should be allowed to claim 35% of their GIPF pension not as a loan. It must be paid into their Accounts not through any other entity or entities but straight from GIPF to us civil servants.
We need to be able to claim a portion from our GIPF pension.
I do agree with the petition.
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I fully support this motion as many grn employees never get the opportunity to benefit from their pension as they pass on prior to retirement.