Swakop Uranium workers, led by the Mineworkers Union of Namibia, staged a peaceful demonstration Friday demanding among other things the influx of unskilled Chinese workers at the mine. The mine is 90% owned by Taurus Minerals and 10% by Epangelo Mining Co. Taurus is 60% owned by China’s CGN-Uranium Resources Co (CGN-URC) and 40% by […]

The newly elected mayors and councillors could be in for huge bucks if the proposal made to adjust their salaries go through. The Association for Local Authorities in Namibia has made recommendations that could see the mayor of municipalities getting a 50% increase. The letter in which the proposals were made is dated 18 February […]

The specific questions sent to NBC director-general Stanley Similo on Sunday were not responded to. Eagle FM sent through the following questions: 1. Can you confirm that you were paid N$500 000 as a performance bonus? 2. Can you also confirm that in 2019, you threatened to reduce staff so that govt bailed out NBC? […]

Filmmaker Vickson Hangula denied that he was paid N$300 000 by NBC for producing local content, which he did not provide. NBC workers claimed in their open letter that Hangula was being paid the money and that his contract was up for renewal. Angula said the only work he was working on is his own […]

NBC workers in their open letter asked their director-general Stanley Similo the following questions: 1. Performance bonuses or so-called ‘incentives’ paid out to some Management: How is it possible that a non-commercial entity which has been struggling financially over the past 5 years and even amidst Covid-19 can pay out performance bonuses to some of […]

NBC workers said they want the board chairperson Lazarus Jacobs to explain how they paid out bonuses to senior management among them the director-general Stanley Similo whom they said received N$500 000. The other senior manager whom the workers said was paid N$200 000 although she is acting is the chief of technology. In an […]

NBC workers claim that the senior leadership team weaponised them to induce government into bailing the corporation by threatening to reduce staff from 569 to 413 in September 2019. In a letter seen by Eagle FM, the workers said the threat by management showed that they do not care about the concerns of the workers […]

Disgruntled NBC workers said there are gross forms of discrimination, maladministration, negligence, nepotism, and blatant corruption at the national broadcaster. In an open letter seen by Eagle FM, the workers said they can no longer remain silent in the wake of the latest fall out between management and employees as a result of executive performance […]

*The statement below was first posted on the Swapo Veterans WhatsApp Group by former Swapo secretary-general Pendukeni Ivula-Ithana. She has confirmed it to Eagle FM. Our bitterness for whatever had happened to us individually and or collectively should not blind us into oblivion. We should also remember very well where we came from historically speaking. […]

Retired General Charles Namoloh has asked where President Hage Geingob was trained as a soldier so that he can now train others. The retired general said this in audios that have since gone viral. He confirmed to Eagle FM Tuesday that the audios are genuine. General Namoloh said Geingob must be honest and stop misleading […]