Namibia: Pandemic Derails Pay Rise for Civil Servants

At a time where many sectors of the economy have adversely been affected by Covid-19, unions representing the majority of civil servants in Namibia have announced there will be no salary increment for public sector employees this year due to the global pandemic.

"As bargaining unions for public servants, in the process of our bargaining, we found ourselves in a critical situation of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, which caused a threat to the economies of countries of the world, including Namibia. Unfortunately, Covid-19 pandemic further culminated into undue pressure on our country's economy, employment and job security," the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) and the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) said in a joint statement last week.

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