The hopes of a group of taxpayers who approached the High Court to temporarily stop the Namibia Revenue Agency from deducting money from their salaries have been dashed.
Close to 1,000 employees are believed to be involved in a tax refund scam running into millions of dollars.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested two Landless People's Movement (LPM) councillors and a senior employee of the Karasburg Town Council over alleged graft charges.
ACC Spokesperson Josefina Nghituwamata confirmed the arrests of the trio.
Employees at the Namibia Press Agency's (NAMPA) head office in Windhoek held a demonstration against unfair labour practises within the agency.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Community Development held a consultative meeting this week with the former employees of Air Namibia.
The meeting was in response to the two petitions submitted by the disgruntled employees of the now-liquidated airline to the National Assembly.
Following a disagreement over salary increments between Netbank Namibia and its employees on Thursday, leading to a demonstration by the employees, the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (NAFINU) and Nedbank Namibia have finally reached an agreement after a roundtable discussion.
The former workers of Air Namibia expressed their frustration regarding the lengthy delay in receiving their severance packages.
The former workers of Air Namibia are continuing their fight to receive their severance packages.
A group of 638 demonstrators is reiterating their dependency on this remaining severance money as their primary source of support.
More than 500 employees at Nam Dock Walvis Bay went on strike in an effort to compel management and the board of directors to address their grievances.
The workers are discontented with alleged salary discrepancies and racism at the company, among other issues.
The non-payment of conservancy employees' salaries is one of the similar concerns discovered by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources in many areas.
The Revolutionary Union (RU) has made allegations against Rent-a-Drum management, claiming that workers were being retrenched in retaliation for joining the union in Swakopmund.
