-Construction workers on contract at the SWAPO headquarters on Friday held a peaceful demonstration, demanding the party change the situation regarding wages and the alleged mistreatment they receive from the Chinese contractors.
-About 600 contract employees with the City of Windhoek have threatened to go on strike unless their working conditions are improved.
-Local banks have assured clients that the impending strike by bank workers in South Africa will not impact on operations in Namibia.
-Employees of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) are on strike over a wage dispute.
-Some local transport companies have decided to stop sending their trucks to South Africa due to a strike by truck drivers in that country.
-Approximately 50 Furnmart and Home Corp employees in the capital joined the countrywide strike against the two furniture retail shops and vowed to stay put until their demands are met.
-Furnmart employees at Rundu, Olunkono and Oluno in Oshana went on strike this morning in solidarity with other workers countrywide.
-Employees of both Furnmart and Homecorp Namibia across the country may go on an indefinite strike on Saturday the first of June.
-UNAM and trade unions NAPWU and NANTU agreed to a once-off cash payment equivalent to 5% of seven months’ basic salary payable to all staff members within the bargaining unit on 14 December and those who are still in the employment of Unam at the time of signing of the agreement.
-Some UNAM students were confused as they travelled long distance to write their examinations in Windhoek only to find out that there was no exam scheduled.
