Namibia: Strike Leaders to Wait for Ruling

14 November 2012

THE leaders of the illegal strike which teachers embarked on two and a half weeks ago are due to hear on December 5 whether they have been convicted of contempt of court for disobeying a court interdict against the strike.

Lawyer Sisa Namandje, representing Government and the Minister of Education, argued in the Labour Court in Windhoek yesterday that trade unionists Evilastus Kaaronda and Mahongora Kavihuha, and Dankie Katjiuanjo, Josef Katjingisiua, and Elfrieda Mwagbo, who are claimed to be the prime movers behind the strike by hundreds of teachers, should all be held in contempt of court.

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