… Court documents show the fund paid her monthly remuneration and benefits between September 2021 and November 2022 In September 2022, the Labour Court partly upheld the arbitration ruling, confirming that the dismissal had been unfair, but overturning the reinstatement order. …
The Labour Court has dismissed an application by 53 former employees of marble and granite company Best Cheer Investments Namibia, after finding the matter was not brought before court within the time required by law. …
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has yet to implement a 2014 salary directive, despite a Labour Court order to pay over N$30 million in outstanding adjustments to 20 employees. …
… You were inviting him.” To which Sibiya replied: “I said, ‘Ask Cat to make a turn,’ and as far as I am concerned, there was nothing wrong.” The impala stampede After he was fired by the police in 2015 (the Labour Court later ordered his reinstatement), Sibiya took his package and …
Former MD unsure of returning to work following Labour Court victory Former National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) managing director (MD) Imms Mulunga says the company has not contacted him following his victory in an unfair dismissal case against it. …
Retired civil servant Manfred Menjengua says arbitrators employed by the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations cannot view public service labour disputes objectively and automatically favour the government. He also raises concerns about workplace mistreatment of union activists, gender-based harassment limiting women's promotion, and poor recruitment practices based on political affiliation rather than merit.
Why it matters
Civil servants' concerns about labour arbitrator bias and political patronage in recruitment expose systemic fairness issues in the public service.
Retired civil servant Manfred Menjengua says arbitrators employed by the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations cannot view public service labour disputes objectively and automatically favour the government. He also raises concerns about workplace mistreatment of union activists, gender-based harassment limiting women's promotion, and poor recruitment practices based on political affiliation rather than merit.
The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund has sued former chief executive Hilya Nghiwete for N$4.3 million following a Supreme Court judgment that overturned earlier rulings in her favour. The fund argues Nghiwete was unfairly enriched after receiving salaries, benefits, and backpay linked to an arbitration award that was later set aside.
The Labour Court found that Trans Desert Logistics unfairly dismissed truck driver Donovan Le Roux and ordered the company to pay him more than N$58 000 in compensation and severance pay. The tribunal ruled the dismissal was not substantively fair, despite Le Roux being found guilty of disregarding company rules, disobeying instructions, and damaging company property.
The Labour Court has struck from the roll an application by 53 former employees of Best Cheer Investments Namibia to review an unfair dismissal ruling, after finding they failed to serve the application within the required 30-day time period. Although the workers filed the application on time, they only served it on the relevant parties in April 2024, exceeding the deadline set by the Labour Act and court rules.
The Labour Court has ordered the Katima Mulilo Town Council to immediately reinstate chief executive Raphael Liswaniso, who had been suspended without pay since October following an investigation. The arbitrator found that Liswaniso's suspension was unjust and that the council had violated his rights by denying him salary and failing to properly inform him of charges, and ordered the council to pay all his remaining salary.
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has failed to implement a 2014 salary directive or comply with a Labour Court order to pay over N$30 million in back pay owed to 20 employees, despite the ruling last year. The dispute arose after management ignored a ministry instruction to adjust C4-band employees' salaries by N$7,475 and instead gave them only N$2,000 in adjustments while promoting D-band staff, prompting workers to take the case to court in 2021.
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry heard evidence that Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya invited a tender kingpin to his son's engagement party and may have received favours including livestock restocking, contradicting his earlier denials of a close relationship. WhatsApp messages and testimony revealed multiple high-ranking police officers' connections to the accused tenderpreneur, who held over R300-million in police tenders.