Caught in the property trap

Exorbitant house prices and insane rental costs mean that many Namibians remain children forever – sharing a house with their parents because they can’t afford to live anywhere else despite earning decent salaries.
For many who have moved into their parents’ backyard flats with their spouses and children, there seems to be no hope of owning their own homes.
Eduardo Platt, an accountant, is just one of the many young professionals who are renting a place that will never be his.
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