Speakers at the opening of the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week called on the trainees not to become job seekers but rather use their skills to start their own businesses.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has suggested that relief programmes focus on sustainability and be aimed at integrating beneficiaries into the main recognized economic activities.

Security guards from Khaibasen Security Services have not been paid for two to three months.

The Namibia Independent Security Union (NISU) has now threatened to take legal action to recover the unpaid wages of the security guards.