Rundu residents unhappy with NORED services
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Residents of Rundu are still not happy with the services offered by NORED.
They expressed themselves at a consultation meeting, organized by the Rundu Town Council.
Residents of Rundu are still not happy with the services offered by NORED.
They expressed themselves at a consultation meeting, organized by the Rundu Town Council.
Heavy rain destroyed houses at the Visually Impaired Center in Sauyema, at Rundu.
The heavy rain, accompanied by wind, started at around 06h00 on Thursday.
Residents say they were in their rooms sheltering from the rain when all of a sudden a branch of a tree fell on the rooftop.
The Amarok Club Namibia has come to the aid of a destitute mother of five in Sauyenwa, an informal settlement west of Rundu.
Siyapa Maria Mayanga and her children used to sleep in a structure made of plastic and old corrugated iron sheets.
The Cash and Carry at Rundu saga continues unabated as it remains unresolved despite them not returning to the stores on Friday.
The workers have been camping at the supermarket since Wednesday, blocking the entrance to the store until their demands are met.
More than 270 employees at the Rundu Cash and Carry supermarket have been transferred to different locations, a move they deem as constructive dismissal by the employer.
The Swapo Party Youth League is dismayed by the re-opening of the Rundu Cash and Carry supermarket before a re-inspection of expired goods was carried out.
The shop was reopened following the Rundu Town Council's signaling of the green light.
The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations, and Employment Creation, Utoni Nujoma, has given instructions to dispatch a team to Rundu to investigate the alleged beating of employees in exchange for loans.
The owner of Petroport at Rundu, Mike du Preez, and his employees have come out in defense of a video that showed employees being beaten.
Both the employer and employee claimed the beating was part of a game they play at work, which has been taken out of context.
A stateless mother of 10 at Rundu is finding the going tough as she waits on the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare to approve the children's social grants.
Katarina Matjayi, who resides in the Ndama Informal Settlement, narrated her struggles to nbc News.
Rundu-based social enterprise Let's Walk the Talk faces a bleak future after Sikanduko Headwoman Masandu Rabana threatened to take back a plot of land on which the center is situated.