Additional Budget: Who Gets What

An early Christmas present for civil servants: N$189 million comes their way to improve their pay.

The Police get another N$53 million to see them through the year *Defence gets N$46,5 million more added to its N$1,3 billion budget – of which N$40,7 million is for improved service benefits *N$65 million more for Education – all of it for improving pay *N$80 m to keep the Public Service Employees Medical Aid Scheme alive *Govt expects to rake in N$931 million more in 2006-07 than previously foreseen *Govt’s total spending for 2006-07 expected to increase by N$132 million, to N$15,28 billion *The budget balance tilts deeper into the black: a budget surplus of N$921 million now expected for 2006-07 – N$799 million more than the surplus of N$122 million initially projected … and … No Tax Increases Announced