This article evaluates the competitiveness of China's resource-for-infrastructure (R4I) investment contracts in Africa and determines whether, if at all, they benefit African countries more than traditional mining investment contracts. Seeking an appropriate contractual response to China's...

This article is the first attempt at drawing a picture of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Central Bank Model Law within the overall frame of regional financial integration and enhanced risk regulation in the financial industry. The SADC Committee of Central Bank Governors...

Namibia hosts two of the largest hybrid solar off-grid electricity systems in Africa. Both systems, however, while technically sound, are plagued by a host of problems related to operations, management, and decision-making that threaten their sustainability, especially the notable lack of a...

We argue for comprehensive legislation in the field of law covering collateral in credit transactions in Namibia. We look at what loopholes and bottlenecks are present in the regulation of collateral and what benefits it brings to have firm legislation in place to govern collateral in financial...

This chapter delves into the practical implications of an emerging critical trend in the field of foreign investments. Since 2002, countries such as South Africa, Namibia, and the Bolivarian states have adopted new investment legislation and measures. Some have gone as far as denouncing the...

Nobody (except for the privileged few) can afford legal services in Namibia. In the light of this dawning awareness, how should the government and other stakeholders design the legal profession so that the greatest number of Namibians can access legal services and, ultimately, justice while...

Nobody (except for the privileged few) can afford legal services in Namibia. In the light of this dawning awareness, how should the government and other stakeholders design the legal profession so that the greatest number of Namibians can access legal services and, ultimately, justice while...

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics, this chapter mounts a fiscal responsibility framework to enable developing countries, Namibia in particular, to strike the delicate balance between easing short-term liquidity crises and preserving their country’s long-term...

In the past few years, a number of stakeholders have questioned the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the country's central bank. Most notably, the Public Protector, some members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters...