Intercape South Africa chief executive Johann Ferreira has confirmed that the bus service are hiring heavily armed private security guards to safeguard passengers over the festive season. “We deploy our own security. We also employ private security firms to help us. So, we provide the security where the police should be providing. They are armed...
In Windhoek, National Youth Security Services (NYSS) guards staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday, demanding an increase in hourly wages. Currently earning N.dollars 7.75 per hour, they seek a raise to the minimum wage of N.dollars 10.00, as per government regulation, effective from 15 December 2023. Rachel Stefanus, representing the NYSS guards, emphasized their refusal...
In a dramatic turn of events, guards employed by the National Youth Security Service (NYSS), a state-owned entity under the Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service, have taken to the streets in protest. The demonstration is fueled by allegations that the company has failed to uphold its commitment to paying a minimum wage of...
Chris Jacobie-Flipside THE election and endorsement of Me. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the Swapo-party candidate for the 2024 Presidential Elections is much more than the choice of a ruling political party. It rather demonstrates the strength of the democratic steel of Namibians that is tempered in the crucible of adversity and challenge over the years. Namibians...
Employers are urged to be just in the way they treat security guards, particularly when it comes to remuneration and conditions of employment. This call was made when the Security Association of Namibia celebrated the men and women in uniform in the security cluster at its 31-year anniversary. With the safety and security of all...
Namibia has unveiled a unique weapon in the fight against poaching: horse guards. Equipped with night vision goggles, automatic aiming and firing guns and powerful kicks, these equine wonders are poised to revolutionise anti-poaching efforts. What you are used to are the horses at Okahandja Red Flag Day and the mad desert beasts of the...
In a land where irony reigns supreme and logic often takes a vacation, there exists a phenomenon that could leave even the most imaginative fiction writers dumbfounded. The thieves walk right into a hospital and steal from the sick on their deathbeds while the security guard has to take temperature and blood pressure readings in...
A Human Rights Watch report accuses Saudi border guards of the mass killing of migrants along the Yemeni border. Many, primarily Ethiopians traveling to Saudi Arabia through Yemen, were reportedly shot dead. The report, titled “They Fired on Us Like Rain,” features migrant testimonies of being shot and targeted by Saudi police with explosives. Saudi Arabia...