Lack of trained unionists is being blamed for a number of 'unfair' dismissals of employees at some companies in Walvis Bay.

-The Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) is concerned that the current economic downturn in the country is being used as an excuse to retrench workers.

The Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union and marine wildlife activists have called on Government not to approve phosphate mining, as it will destroy the thriving fishing sector.