WALVIS BAY - About 30 employees of Swakopmund-based Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) have downed tools after their representative union, the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) and their employer reached a deadlock in terms of the 2021/2022 salary negotiations.
The largest trade union in the country, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), is organising a demonstration this week in a bid to reverse the closing down of Air Namibia and to call for the resignation of public enterprises minister Leon Jooste.
Voters in the southern part of the country will return to the polls next week Friday for a rerun, ordered by the country’s electoral court, which annulled last year’s local authority elections in Stampriet, Aroab, Koës, and the Mariental Rural constituency results due to irregularities.
KATIMA MULILO - Owning or starting a business from scratch is not an easy journey for many, as much as others thrive in the industry, some are not as lucky and require assistance.
RUNDU – The police in Kavango West have arrested four Namibian male for violating the curfew under the current Covid-19 regulations and for transporting timber planks illegally at Naingopo village, some 30km south of Ncaute police station.
WALVIS BAY – A young woman at the harbour town of Walvis Bay was discovered dead on Wednesday morning in Tutaleni by her family after she allegedly tried to illegally terminate her pregnancy.
Emotions ran high yesterday when Namibians officially said goodbye to the national flag carrier after the government opted for its voluntary liquidation following uninterrupted operations spanning for some 75 years.
The Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) and Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU) yesterday jointly announced a group of 270 athletes selected from last year’s MTC Namibia Youth Games held in Rietfontein in the Otjozondjupa region.
Namibia’s Young Warriors yesterday late afternoon strutted their stuff against Mauritania’s senior side in a friendly match that served as preparation ahead of Monday’s Africa U/20 Cup of Nations (Afcon) opening clash against Central African Republic (CAR).