Opposition members in parliament found it difficult to debate on income tax rebates in the newly introduced Tax Amendment Bill without having access to the recommendations made by the Namibian Tax Consortium. The DTA shadow finance minister, Johan de Waal on Tuesday in the National Assembly referred to the motivation of the Bill made by the new finance minister, Mrs Saraa Kuugongelwa-Amathila that the tax cuts stemmed from a report of that commission. It was helpful for the debate to receive a printed copy, de Waal said so that the opposition did not have to rely on NGO’s and websites to receive information "of such cardinal importance." De Waal further requested the names and curriculum vitae of the commission members. Cabinet already approved the report. The DTA member then asked why taxes had to be paid if people who borrowed money from the government, never repaid it, and "reckless management" drained millions of dollars from the state and "incompetence, arrogance and plain carelessness" cost government millions of dollars each year and many such cases were "rewarded with promotion".

A list with names of members of parliaments and government ministers who as farm owners did not pay the required minimum wages to their farm labourers would be published, the Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu) threatened. The honeymoon for black farmers was over, according to the union. Briefing media on their findings of visits to 230 farms mainly in the north, union president Alfred Angula said the visiting teams were "shocked" by workers’ conditions on farms belonging to ministers and MP’s. In stark contrast, commercial farmers in the Steinhausen constituency in Omaheke was the "most impressive" one visited, with farmers paying good wages and providing good housing. Angula singled out deputy finance minister Rick Kukuri as a shining example among ministers, who paid about N$ 700 to labourers, provided housing and paid their and electricity bills. Angula was further dismayed about most farm labourers visited not having ID’s. He urged the home affairs ministry to remedy that deplorable state of affairs so that labourers could obtain SSC benefits, pensions and disability grants as well as the right to registers as voters.