Old people in Namibia are going into debt to pay for everyday costs – new report examines strained household budgets

Katutura township, Namibia. By Sonse, Wikimedia, CC BY Your grandmother in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, is struggling to breathe. You call the public ambulance service, but you’re told it could take more than 24 hours to arrive, if it comes to your area at all. So you make the only call that might actually save her: the City of Windhoek’s ambulance service. It arrives quickly. It also comes with a bill of 800 Namibian dollars (about US$50). If you can’t pay on the spot, the city doesn’t…