The President of the Trade Union Congress of Namibia, Mahongora Kavihuha, believes the high cost of electricity in the country is a result of NamPower not living up to its mandate of producing electricity locally.

Kavihuha made this remark at a media conference.

The NamPower 2022 report indicates that Namibia imports 71% of its electricity from neighbouring countries.

Kavihuha says the power utility has proven ineffective in its duty to generate electricity from locally available and cheap resources.

The Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA) has also called on MTC Namibia to give permanent employment to those who have been working on contract for years at the call centres.

The union says it has received several complaints from MTC's contract workers at the call centre.

Some employees have allegedly been on contract for more than five years.

This, TUCNA president Mahongora Kavihuha says, contravenes the provisions of the Labour Act.

The president of TUCNA has called on the government to hold employers accountable and to ensure sound labour relations at workplaces, especially in the fishing industry.

Paulus Hango made this call during the Worker's Day commemoration at Walvis Bay.

While calling on the government to introduce a national minimum wage, Hango also accused the Ministry of Labour of failing to address the challenges workers are facing.

The Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) has joined the chorus of those denouncing the sentiments expressed by the Education, Arts, and Culture Minister, Anna Nghipondoka.

NANTU acting President Daniel Humbu says Nghipondoka's sentiments, in which she squarely placed blame on teachers and education regional directors, are misplaced.

The union leadership is not reacting kindly to the minister's address when she announced the historic failure rate of the 2022 final examination results in December last year.

Over 30,000 learners who sat for the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and the Advanced Subsidiary Levels have failed to qualify for admission to tertiary education institutions, and the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA) Secretary General, Mahongora Kavihuha, described the situation as unfortunate and a great cause for concern.

38,013 learners sat for the full-time examinations, and only over 5,000 scored 25 points or higher. The remaining ones must figure out their next step.

The Trade Union Congress of Namibia is calling for a decent work framework for farm workers.

TUCNA's Secretary General, Mahongora Kavihuha, says the framework will promote good employee-employer relations and improve productivity in the agriculture sector.

The trade union, in conjunction with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, is hosting a workshop for farmer's associations from Zambezi, Kavango East, and Kavango West at Rundu.