NBC employees air grievances over pay

EMPLOYEES of the State broadcaster, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, are up in arms after their demands for a salary increase were rejected.

The NBC employees say they have not received an annual salary raise for the past three years. This year they demanded a 22 per cent increase through their representative, the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu).Management reportedly said that because of the financial state of the institution, the national broadcaster was only able to offer a nine per cent salary hike, which they proposed should be effective from October 1, and another seven per cent on July 1 2005.However, the NBC board said it would only be able to approve a nine per cent increase effective April 1 next year and another seven per cent in 2006.”We are basically back to square one.There is no guarantee that we will get an increase at all,” an NBC staff member told The Namibian.NBC Director General Gerry Munyama was expected to address his staff yesterday afternoon.This year they demanded a 22 per cent increase through their representative, the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu).Management reportedly said that because of the financial state of the institution, the national broadcaster was only able to offer a nine per cent salary hike, which they proposed should be effective from October 1, and another seven per cent on July 1 2005.However, the NBC board said it would only be able to approve a nine per cent increase effective April 1 next year and another seven per cent in 2006.”We are basically back to square one.There is no guarantee that we will get an increase at all,” an NBC staff member told The Namibian.NBC Director General Gerry Munyama was expected to address his staff yesterday afternoon.