TWELVE retrenched workers from the Grape Valley Management Company at Aussenkehr in southern Namibia yesterday made a second appearance in the Noordoewer Magistrate’s Court on charges of public violence.
They are Abraham Haimbodi (37), Tobias Fillipus (34), Simon Ananias (34), Josef Ankonga (33), Kesias Kangura (32), Victoria Paulus (30), Simeon Makili (29), Abraham Nandjuwa (31), Elmah Kasungo (25), Johannes Lumita (28), Immanuel Lupido (33) and Peneyambeko Nangolo (40). They were granted bail of N$600 each yesterday.They are due in court again on September 29.The workers were arrested three weeks ago, after they blocked office entrances to protest recent job cuts, which affected 164 of them.They were granted bail of N$600 each yesterday.They are due in court again on September 29.The workers were arrested three weeks ago, after they blocked office entrances to protest recent job cuts, which affected 164 of them.
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