MANWU Workers Get Ready for Strike Action as Price Increases Begin to Bite - namibia open forum

Around 270 workers at a local plastics manufacturing firm are preparing for industrial strike action after official negotiations with the company broke down.

Last week the Labour Commissioner at Windhoek declared an industrial dispute when attempts at arbitration between the management of the Plastic Packaging company and MANWU (Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union) broke down.

MANWU Workers Get Ready for Strike Action as Price Increases Begin to Bite - namibia open forum

Inside the GIPF: an Investigative Report - namibia open forum

An analysis of all loans handed out by the GIPF since 1994 showed that about 70 percent of these were to companies associated or controlled by BEE mogul Aaron Mushimba and David Imbili, respectively the brother-in-law and former son-in-law of former President Sam Nujoma.

Inside the GIPF: an Investigative Report - namibia open forum

namibia open forum - where the people meet

namibia open forum - where the people meet

SOUTH LEBANON: Israel to evict 30,000 Palestinians

SOUTH LEBANON: Israel to evict 30,000 Palestinians: "Israel plans to expel 30,000 Palestinians from south of the occupied territories in the course of five years. The office of Israeli Prime ..."

Palestinian infant close to death as Israel denies him medication - Britain to Gaza

Palestinian infant close to death as Israel denies him medication - Britain to Gaza

Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)- Palestinian medical sources announced that Israeli authorities banned an infant in Gaza Strip from transferring to a hospital inside Israel for medical treatment. The suffocating siege imposed by israel for more than five years continues to affect the lives of hundreds of patients in the coastal region.

The 10-month-old infant known as Ismail Salam suffers from a life threatening disease, and he is in desperate need for immediate surgery outside Gaza Strip to save his life.