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The Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Welfare is a department of the Namibian government. It was established in 2000 under the name Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Welfare, before that the portfolio was a directorate in the Office of the President. The first minister was Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. [1]
Metal and Allied Namibia Workers Union (MANWU) 8,000: 1987 Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) 8,000: 1986 Namibia Financial Institutions Union (NAFINU) 4,500: Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) 12,000: 1986 Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) 16,000: 1989 Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) 25,000: 1987 Namibia Transport and ...
It plays a leading public role in the Namibian political space and is an ally of the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) government. [1] The MUN was established in 1986. It is affiliated with the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) national trade union center and had about 8,000 members in 2017. [2]: 23
The Namibia National Labour Organisation (NANLO) is one of three national trade union centres in Namibia.NANLO was established in 2014 by Evilastus Kaaronda.After campaigning against government corruption, Kaaronda in 2012 was dismissed as general secretary of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), the national centre aligned to SWAPO, the country's ruling party.
This has been tested in court Labour hire when the Africa Labour Services (ALS) lodged an application with the court challenging the amendment of the Labour Act 11 of 2007 by the government that prohibited the hiring out and employing of casual workers in Namibia. According to the heads of argument of the applicants, the provisions of section ...
According to the Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census, Kunene had a population of 86,856 (43,253 females and 43,603 males or 101 males for every 100 females) growing at an annual rate of 2.3%. The fertility rate was 4.9 children per woman. 26% lived in urban areas while 74% lived in rural areas, and with an area of 115,293 km 2 , the ...
Opuwo is the capital of the Kunene Region in north-western Namibia. The town is situated about 720 km north-northwest of the capital Windhoek , and has a population of around 12,300 (2023). It is the commercial hub of the Kunene Region.
The 1971–72 Namibian contract workers general strike was a labour dispute in Namibia between African contract workers (particularly miners) [6] and the apartheid government. Workers sought to end the contract-labour system, which many described as close to slavery. [7] [8] An underlying goal was the promotion of independence under SWAPO ...