The Office of the Prime Minister says the private sector, individuals and public enterprises contributed N$113,5m for the fight against Covid-19.

Among those who contributed are 122 individuals, 49 private sector entities and three trade unions.

The highest private-sector contributor is B2Gold that put in N$34m, Investec Asset Management (Now Ninety-One) put in N$5m, FNB Namibia chipped in with N$1,5m, Capricorn Group and Nedbank Namibia each brought in N$1m.

Development Bank of Namibia gave N$1, 4m, Namibia Desert Diamond contributed N$1m, National Housing Enterprise N$200 000, Namibia Water Corporation N$125 000, Bank of Namibia and Namibia Airports Company each gave N$50 000.

The government contributed N$63m, while churches gave N$48 650, with the Swapo Party giving N$1m.