Some residents of Katima Mulilo have expressed their dismay at the sudden price hike of the MTC recharge vouchers they buy from street vendors . They complain that the N . dollars 5 recharge voucher now sells for N . dollars 6 , while N . dollars 10 recharge vouchers are now purchased at N . dollars 12 . These changes have been in effect since Tuesday in most quarters of the town . Several callers to the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation ‘ s popular indigenous Silozi language talk show on Tuesday expressed their dismay and demanded answers from telecommunications company MTC regarding these new developments . ‘ It is really unfair . I buy a commodity that is labelled N . dollars 10 for an amount of N . dollars 12 … We are lost , we don ‘ t know whether it ‘ s MTC or the street vendors themselves who are robbing us . We need answers ,’ said one caller . Nampa spoke to some vendors who defended the price hike , saying it is necessary because the bulk suppliers of these MTC recharge vouchers in town have also i
ncreased their prices . ‘ It is a struggle . I don ‘ t even generate enough profit from the sale of these recharge vouchers . We used to buy 10 of them for N . dollars 90 and then eventually my profit would be N . dollars 10 . Where I order them , they have also increased , that ‘ s the nature of business – to generate profits ,’ said a 50 – year – old vendor who asked to remain anonymous . Contacted for comment , MTC ‘ s Corporate Communications Manager John Ekongo advised the vendors to sell the recharge vouchers at the correct price , saying they also get it from MTC at an already discounted price . ‘ We don ‘ t encourage them to do that . It is illegal and wrong ,’ Ekongo said .

Source: The Namibia News Agency