Visitors from South African farmworkers' union Sikhula Sonke are currently in Namibia on a week long visit to its sister union, the Namibia Farm Workers Union (Nafwu).

The union, which prides itself on being led by women, has a keen interest in a number of issues currently playing out in the Namibian labour sector.

Yesterday, the team sat in during the first day of a High Court case in which labour-hire company Africa Personnel Services (APS) is challenging the new Labour Act.

Labour hire, outlawed in Namibia by the new Act, is still legal in South Africa, but Sikhula Sonke General Secretary Wendy Pekeur says it is no less controversial.

The group is also interested in the Basic Income Grant (BIG) idea which is currently being experimented with in Omitara, Pekeur said, adding that the group has been lobbying for a BIG in South Africa.The union, which prides itself on being led by women, has a keen interest in a number of issues currently playing out in the Namibian labour sector.

Yesterday, the team sat in during the first day of a High Court case in which labour-hire company Africa Personnel Services (APS) is challenging the new Labour Act.

Labour hire, outlawed in Namibia by the new Act, is still legal in South Africa, but Sikhula Sonke General Secretary Wendy Pekeur says it is no less controversial.

The group is also interested in the Basic Income Grant (BIG) idea which is currently being experimented with in Omitara, Pekeur said, adding that the group has been lobbying for a BIG in South Africa.