Namibia: White Farmers Victimise Black Workers

19 November 2012

Gobabis — Some white commercial farmers in the Steinhausen Constituency reportedly continue to ill-treat their farm workers, depriving them of wages among others.

Steinhausen Constituency Councillor, Kilus Nguvauva, who is also the Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources described the situation as "alarming". He cited a lot of unreported ill- treatment of farm workers at the hands of unrepentant white commercial farmers, which include physical assaults, regular insults, being fired from work without valid reasons and not being paid.

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