====== Namibia ======

**Region:** Southern Africa  
**Regional Economic Communities (REC):** SADC  

→ [[https://iiag.online/locations/na.html|View IIAG Country Statistics]]

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^ Indicator ^ Data ^
| **Governance (IIAG)** | Overall Governance score: 63.9 / 100 · Rank: 6th / 54 · [[https://iiag.online/locations/na.html|View IIAG Country Statistics]] |

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===== PART 1 – HIGH-LEVEL COUNTRY MAPPING =====

==== Institutions and Stakeholder Database ====
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==== REC Membership ====

  * SADC  

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==== Population size and size of the informal economy ====

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==== Nature of the legal system and ILO status ====

Namibia operates a **mixed legal system** combining Roman-Dutch law and statutory law.

Namibia has been a member of the **International Labour Organization (ILO) since 1978** and participates in Decent Work Country Programme initiatives.

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==== Workers’ rights in human rights system, national labour law / social protection and scope of protection ====

Workers’ rights are governed through:

  * The Constitution  
  * **Labour Act, 2007**  

The framework provides for:

  * Regulation of employment relationships  
  * Protection against unfair labour practices  
  * Minimum labour standards  

Labour protections are relatively well developed, though **informal workers remain less effectively covered in practice**.

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==== Existing laws, policy and regulatory initiatives for the protection of workers in the informal economy ====

Namibia relies on:

  * Sector-specific regulations  
  * Wage-setting mechanisms  
  * General labour law frameworks  

to regulate aspects of informal work.

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===== PART 2 – SECTOR SPECIFIC REGULATION =====

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==== Domestic Work Sector ====

**Regulations Relating to Domestic Workers (2017)**  
**Wage Order for Domestic Workers (2017)**  
**Labour Act, 2007**

  * Establish a formal regulatory framework for domestic work  
  * Provide:
    * Minimum wage protections  
    * Conditions of employment  
    * Regulation of working hours  

This represents a relatively structured approach to regulating domestic work.

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==== Street Vendor ====

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==== Waste Reclaiming ====

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==== Home working ====

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==== Gig Work and the Platform Economy ====

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==== Farm Work ====

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==== The Mining Sector and Artisanal Mining ====

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==== Taxi and Transport Sector (Gig-work/platform economy overlap) ====

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==== Cross-Border Informal Trade ====

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===== Sources / Links =====

  * IIAG – Namibia: https://iiag.online/locations/na.html  
  * Labour Act, 2007  
  * Regulations Relating to Domestic Workers (2017)  
  * Wage Order for Domestic Workers (2017)  
  * ILO – Namibia Country Profile