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Empowering young leaders

3 weeks ago - 27 September 2019 | Labour

Francois van der Merwe As part of its ongoing mission to empower, equip and transform, Erongo Marine Enterprises (EME) sponsored ten young leaders, including five students from Namibia’s leading universities, to participate in the...

Investing in employees’ future

3 weeks ago - 27 September 2019 | Labour

FirstRand Namibia supports education with bursariesFirstRand Namibia Assistance Trust has reduced the tertiary financial burden for 38 of its employees by awarding bursaries allowing them to further their studies. The FirstRand Namibia Staff Assistance Trust...

Aaniilonga ya hala aahona yawo ya shunwe miilonga

3 weeks ago - 24 September 2019 | Labour

LEANDREA LOUW Aaniilonga yehangano lyEmbwinda Fishing otaya kondjitha opo aakomeho yawo miilonga ye li 21, mboka ya kuthwa miilonga shaaheli paveta opo ya shunwe miilonga. Mboka oya kuthwa miilonga momasiku 30 gaAguste. Aaniilonga oya...

Workers fight for supervisors

3 weeks ago - 23 September 2019 | Labour

Embwinda Fishing employees are on the warpath over the alleged unfair dismissal of 21 factory supervisors on 30 August.They held a peaceful demonstration at the Walvis Bay factory this past Thursday and handed over a...

Sex, verbal abuse rife in workplaces

4 weeks ago - 20 September 2019 | Labour

Workplaces in Namibia are rife with sexual and verbal abuse by bosses or clients who are rarely held to account for fear of further harassment or being fired. Namibian attitudes, including dismissing and joking about...

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Members pull out

4 weeks ago - 20 September 2019 | Labour

Namibia National Students' Organisation (Nanso) president Ester Simon says she will not be intimidated by the “small political circus” currently engulfing the student body. Vice-president...

Ekanka lyaaniilonga yaAgribusdev kali li paveta

1 month - 18 September 2019 | Labour

Omunambelewa Omukomeho gwoAgribusdev, Petrus Uugwanga okwa popi kutya aaniilonga kaya li ya pewa epitiko opo ya kuthe ombinga mehololomadhilaadhilo pethimbo lyoowili dhiilonga.ugwanga okwa popi kutya...

Agribusdev protest 'illegal'

1 month - 17 September 2019 | Labour

Agribusdev has described the actions of its workers, who demonstrated in Rundu over unpaid salaries, as illegal. Agribusdev managing director Petrus Uugwanga said the...

Builders' union appeals to State House

1 month - 13 September 2019 | Labour

The Metal and Allied Namibian Workers' Union (Manwu) yesterday appealed to President Hage Geingob to step in and save the construction sector, which has been...

Domestic workers ‘fear’ joining unions

1 month - 21 August 2019 | Labour

JANA-MARI SMITHMany domestic workers fear joining trade unions or taking full maternity leave, because they believe this could cost them their jobs. A study commissioned...

Employers fail to submit AA reports

1 month - 20 August 2019 | Labour

Many employers are failing to submit their Affirmative Action (AA) reports to the Employment Equity Commission (EEC) on time, while some do not submit them...

Natau elects new leaders

1 month - 20 August 2019 | Labour

The president of the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Natau), William Claasen, retained his position at the ninth national congress held over the weekend.Claasen...

Security firms defy law

2 months ago - 19 August 2019 | Labour

Out of 187 security companies that are registered countrywide with two recognised security unions, only 28 are complying with the 2017 gazetted minimum wage and...

Stop importing labour - Kandjoze

2 months ago - 31 July 2019 | Labour

Economic planning minister and National Planning Commission (NPC) director-general, Obeth Kandjoze, has made a “brotherly plea” to the Chinese government to minimise the use of...

Shoprite denies Nafau claims

2 months ago - 25 July 2019 | Labour

Shoprite Namibia has denied allegations made by the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) that it is not recognising its workers' right to be...

Standard Bank faces strike vote

3 months ago - 17 July 2019 | Labour

ELVIRA HATTINGH Members of the Bank Workers Union of Namibia (Bawon) are to vote on whether to strike...

Unions drag govt to labour...

3 months ago - 04 July 2019 | Labour

The Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) and Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) have lodged a labour dispute at the Office of the Labour Commissioner, after...

Union, MMI cement relationship

3 months ago - 20 June 2019 | Labour

MMI Holdings Limited (MMI) yesterday formally recognised the Namibian Bank Workers Union (NBWU) through the signing of a recognition agreement. MMI Holdings Namibia interim group...