The Minister of Higher Education has invited trade unions to nominate four members to the Namibia Training Authority Board. This follows a call by unions and employer associations last week that the current board be dissolved, as it is allegedly not properly constituted in accordance with the law. Last week, trade unions and employer federations...
The president of the Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu), Paulus Hango, has challenged the assertion by the minister of fisheries and marine resources, Derek Klazen, that the Governmental Employment Redress Programme (Gerp) is not sustainable. Gerp is a Cabinet-sanctioned initiative through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to secure employment for fishermen...
Staff Reporter IN a joint action, representatives of the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers’ Union (NECFU), and the Namibia National Farmers’ Union (NNFU) paid a visit to Minister Schlettwein on Thursday, 04 April, during which they requested that the drought this year be declared a national disaster alongside other suggestions to mitigate...
WINDHOEK: The Office of the Labour Commissioner has raised concern about limited annual returns by registered trade unions, saying out of 47 registered unions, only 12 have submitted their annual returns. Similarly, only three out of 17 employers’ organisations have submitted their returns, the Office of the Labour Commissioner said in a statement on Thursday....
Maria David THE office of the Labour Commission has issued a stern warning to non-compliant trade unions and employers’ organizations to submit their Annual Returns to the Labour Commissioner within six months after the end of their financial year. According to Acting Labour Commissioner Kyllikki Sihlahla, this is in accordance with section 60 of the...
Namibia’s Constitutionprovides for independent trade unions to protect workers’ rights and interests and promote labour relations and fair employment practices. To give effect to this, parliament enacted the Labour Act. Its overriding objective includes regulating the basic terms and conditions of employment for employers and employees; to ensure employees’ health, safety and welfare; to protect...
Increasing the profitability of cattle production, both north and south of the veterinary cordon fence (redline) is the cornerstone for rural wealth creation. This was the view of different farmers’ unions, jointly presented to the parliamentary standing committee on economics and public administration, chaired by parliamentarian Natangue Ithete during a hearing at the parliament yesterday....
South Africa’s Federation of Trade Unions is demanding that members of government in senior positions from ministers to district directors and managers must all take their children to public schools between quintile one and three. This is the only way South Africans will begin to see a meaningful change in public schools, and other institutions...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris has said that President Bola Tinubu is sincere to Nigerians and the Labour unions in alleviating the hardship being faced in the country. Idris made this known during his address at the Business Lunch Organised for him and other Ministers by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association...
Trade unions are formed to represent the interests of workers in various trades and industries, in both the public and private sectors. Unions are normally specific to industries and are mandated to represent the collective interests of workers, negotiating with employers on issues such as wages and working conditions. Workers represented by such unions pay...