October 2011

New Strike At Rössing Averted By Talks

PLANS by Rössing workers to immediately start voting for another strike, which will not include their initial N$30 000 production bonus demand this time, were stopped by an urgent request from the mine's management to return to the negotiating table.

Continent's Population to Explode to Two Billion By 2050 - Analyst

SUB-SAHARAN Africa's population is expected to hit the two-billion mark in the next four decades, which will result in more than a fifth of the world population being African, Standard Bank research analyst, Simon Freemantle, has said.

Big Spenders Must Tighten Their Belts

GOVERNMENT needs to scrutinise subsistence and travel allowances to see whether the millions spent are really worth it, Ericah Shafuda, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance, said yesterday.

Nasawu Withdraws Court Action Against Tunacor

THE Namibia Seaman and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) withdrew a Labour Court application for contempt of court against Tunacor Fisheries after Judge Petrus Damaseb found fault with an earlier interim interdict granted against the fisheries company.

Kazenambo Satisfied With German Mission

THE Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture says the Namibian delegation which is in Germany for the repatriation of 20 skulls to Namibia has generally achieved its objectives.

A Social Contract for Improved Labour Relations

AT the height of the Namdeb strike, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, instructed me, as Prime Minister, to assist the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare to bring the strike to an end.

Clubs Vie for Volleyball Cup

THE popular annual cup of the Namibian Volleyball Federation (NVF) will feature the best teams on the local indoor scene starting tomorrow.

Salaries Gap Not the Issue

There Are Huge Discrepancies Worldwide Between What Managers and Workers Earn.

Poll Appeal Hearing Goes Into Third Day

THE appeal hearing that should determine the validity of Namibia's National Assembly election of late 2009 will be stretching into a third day of arguments in the Supreme Court today.

OCD 1904 Wants Direct Restoration

THE Ovaherero/Ovambanderu Council for the Dialogue on the 1904 Genocide (OCD 1904) said the German government should take unconditional responsibility and give an official apology and restorative justice to the people of Namibia.