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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6830 FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
No salaries for NIMT workers Sharlien Tjambari
Koos Venter killed in freak car accident
The Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology is not in a financial position to pay salaries for February 2019, a leaked memorandum indicates. This is a repeat situation after employees were also not paid in time at several occasions since November 2018. In what can only be described as gallant and genuinely committed to their employer, NIMT employees say they will continue to work as usual and expressed dire hope the situation can be resolved in order for everyone to honour their personal financial responsibilities. The memorandum,
dated 25 February 2019 read as follows: “With deep regret we need to advise you that, at this point in time, NIMT does not have the financial means to enable us to pay the February 2019 salaries, which are due and payable today�. Commenting on the issue, the Executive Director of NIMT Eckhart Mueller states
NIMT understands the economic crisis the country is facing but said the turn side of the coin is workers remain passionate about their work. Sources confirmed this is not the first time this situation played out at NIMT. Employees' salaries have been late and sometimes cut since Continues on page 2
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S.A. citizens in accident Coastal residents reel in shock after the unexpected and tragic death in a car accident on Tuesday night of Mr Carl Frederick (Koos) Venter (57), the owner of Aluminium Werkstatt in Walvis Bay. Mr. Venter (pictured above with his wife Anna Maria) shortly after 20:00 on Tuesday drove with a light pickup to the light industrial area to set the alarm at his business. Upon his return home, his vehicle collided head-on into a parked truck trailer in Hidipo Hamutenya Street. Mr Venter was killed on impact.
Swakop Uranium vows to sue person behind leaked recording
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Recording implies Governor of Erongo suggested ways for mining company to sidestep Mine Workers Union in wage talks Sharlien Tjambari and Floris Steenkamp
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Swakop Uranium threatened with legal action this week against the person, or any persons, behind a leaked recording in which the Governor of Erongo, Clr. Cleophas Mutjavikua, allegedly advised the mining company behind closed doors on possible ways to outsmart the Mine Workers Union of Namibia (MUN) to back out of some sticky points in the current wage negotiations. The recording went viral on social media this week resulting in calls for the resignation of Governor Mutjavikua and also the Mine Workers Union of Namibia feeling affronted by this move which is against the spirit of free bargaining and mutual faith. The Mineworkers Union of Namibia in the
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meantime in a press statement in Windhoek expressed disappointment in the Governor's utterances on the recording, reports Namib Times Swakopmund Office's Sharlien Tjambari. Governor Mutjavikua also in the meantime went public after the recording surfaced and Continues on page 2
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