Soldiers who are currently on holiday have been told not to report for duty, it adds. "No request for outbound travel by ministers, deputy ministers and other political office bearers will be considered until after the end of February," a presidency statement said. Mr Geingob has stopped using the presidential jet, and flew to the recent African Union summit in Ethiopia in a scheduled commercial flight. Mr Geingob would only go on essential foreign trips, and with smaller delegations, his spokesman Albertus Aochamub said, AFP news agency reports. Government debt levels have been soaring in recent years, leading to investor warnings about the economic outlook of the southern African state.

Source: Daily Nation February 01, 2018 06:11 UTC