Smokers may soon run out of spaces to light up The Ministry of Health and Social Services has proposed a set of laws that will further limit space for smokers in public places. The new laws will prohibit smoking in…

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called on the government to end the ‘secrecy’ in the fishing industry, stressing the need to make public the details of fishing rights and quota-holders, including beneficial ownership information. IPPR executive director…

Suspended Namibia Training Authority (NTA) manager Gad Kangueehi will not attend a disciplinary hearing scheduled for Thursday, with his lawyers threatening to take the authority to the labour court if it proceeds. Kangueehi’s lawyers, Metlaw Attorneys & Notaries, say the…

Walvis Bay car wash operators fear losing their businesses and workers’ livelihoods after the municipality gave them 14 days to vacate road reserves along Sam Nujoma Avenue and Independence Road. The municipality posted the notice on Tuesday, saying its assessments…

Labour hire practices and the use of middlemen are contributing to worker exploitation and poverty in Namibia, the National Assembly parliamentary standing committee on poverty eradication, labour and industrial relations has heard. The committee is assessing employment conditions in the…

A new newspaper, The Current, launched at Walvis Bay yesterday, aiming to give Erongo communities a dedicated platform for their stories. The newspaper will be available at retail shops from today and will be published every Thursday. The Current editor…

The Confederation of Namibian Fishing Associations (CNFA) has threatened to challenge the validity of Namibian Marine Phosphate’s environmental clearance, citing unanswered information requests. Lawyer Sisa Namandje, representing the federation, wrote to environmental commissioner Timoteus Mufeti yesterday, saying the CNFA had…

Gendev Fishing Group has offered striking workers a revised pay proposal of 70% during non-operational periods as wage negotiations remain deadlocked. The group is offering to pay 70% of the guaranteed 195 hours during periods when the company is not…

Namibian businessman Knowledge Katti’s Namibia Marine Phosphate has received the greenlight for its controversial Sandpiper marine phosphate mining project, with political parties and conservationists raising concerns over the decision. The environmental commissioner in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism issued…

The Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers’ Union (Nasawu) has rejected Gendev Fishing Group’s proposed N$6 700 monthly salary offer, with the company confirming none of its employees accepted the proposal before the deadline yesterday morning. The dispute centres on whether…

Presidential special adviser and Upstream Petroleum Unit deputy head Carlo McLeod says Namibia’s development of its oil and gas should not come at the expense of workers’ dignity and welfare. His comments come after The Namibian reported that employees linked…

Some Namibian contract workers on TotalEnergies’ oil and gas project say they were handed new employment terms on a ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ basis, with no room to negotiate. TotalEnergies EP Namibia, a subsidiary of the French oil giant, is one of the…