Thousands of workers and government officials commemorated Workers’ Day at Khorixas, in the Kunene Region, on Tuesday. President Hage Geingob, in a speech delivered on his behalf by the Agriculture, Water and Forestry Minister, Alpheus !Naruseb called on workers to continue striving for economic freedom.
At Walvis Bay May Day celebrations, TUCNA president, Paulus Hango urged trade unions that represent workers, especially with decisions that directly impact on the livelihoods of workers, to take decisions in their interest.
The Rosh Pinah Solar Photovoltaic Plant was inaugurated at the zinc mining town in the //Karas Region. The plant was constructed at a cost of N$124 million.
To acknowledge the contribution workers made towards economic development they need a living wage to provide their families with decent standards of living.
A shack fire in the Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC), at Swakopmund, has claimed yet another life. 16-Year-old Ruben Tsuseb reportedly burnt beyond recognition after the shack he was sleeping in burned to ashes.
The Swapo chairperson of the national leaders assigned to the Hardap Region, Lucia Witbooi, is urging the region’s inhabitants to join in commemorating Cassing Day in Windhoek on Friday. Speaking during the party’s 58th anniversary, Witbooi said Cassing Day gathering is for all Namibians to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made during the struggle […]
Workers’ Day is regarded as a public holiday in Namibia, which means a day off from work, but for some, it was business as usual.
Trade unions say while a lot has been achieved in the labour market unemployment and poor working conditions are still major concerns. Unions are particularly concerned with labour-hire companies and have called on Government to outlaw this form of employment.
The City of Windhoek will service about 500 erven in Rocky Crest’s extensions Five and Seven in the next two years. Four hundred erven are earmarked for residential purpose while the rest are for parks, a shopping mall and institutional use.
Nurses homes at two major state hospitals, Katutura Intermediate and the Windhoek Central, are in deplorable conditions. The NBC News team had for days observed the state of the two major state hospitals infrastructure and the cleanliness.
