Steytler appointed NSA board chair

Economic advisor to President Hage Geingob and former statistician-general, John Steytler has been appointed as chair of the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) board.Steytler and the other five members were appointed to serve as new board of directors for the institution for a period of three years by economic planning minister and director of the National Planning Commission, Tom Alweendo.Speaking during the inauguration of the board on Thursday of last week, Alweendo said the role of a broad is vital as it is to guide the institution to fulfil its mandate.He said it was critical to ensure that an institution has a board that has an understanding of what has to be done.The NSA is an autonomous body responsible for the production and compilation of statistics in the country.Other new board members include Salom Hei, CEO of Hei Investment and former employee of the Bank of Namibia; Israel Tjizake, an assistant representative at the United Nations and Clareta Gamases who heads the accounting department at University of Namibia.Director of the Multi-disciplinary Research Centre at Unam, Nelago Indongo was reappointed to the board alongside Libertha Kapere, company secretary of the Namibia Diamond Corporation and vice-chairperson of Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation.Alweendo explained that board members are not there to run institutions on a fulltime basis but rather to provide an oversight over the institution and guide them.His new appointment will not interfere with his work in the Office of the President, the media was told.Alweendo applauded the outgoing board under the leadership of Florette Nakusera as chairperson for its work in the past three years.NAMPA

Steytler appointed NSA board chair

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Namibian Sun 2026-06-23

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