This comes after the finance ministry announced that VAT will no longer be charged on sanitary pads from 1 January.
"By law, if they collect money unlawfully, they will be required to refund customers," ministry spokesperson Wilson Shikoto says. Shikoto says the ministry has completed its mission of ensuring the vulnerable are taken care of, adding that the Namibia Revenue Agency will make sure the law is adhered to.
Meanwhile, various retailers have already begun readjusting their prices on women's sanitary pads after the law to remove 15% luxury tax on these items took effect last Sunday.Pick n Pay's managing director, Graeme Mouton, says the adjustment in the removal of the tax from sanitary pads has been implemented across all Pick n Pay stores nationwide as of Sunday.
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