Companies Face Review Over Understudy Shortfalls

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Three companies appeared before the Employment Equity Commission review panel earlier this week for not appointing Namibian understudies for foreign employees. Ludorf Iyambo reports that SASSCAL, the NTA, and Letshego Bank are also accused of failing to seek exemptions from the labour ministry to justify employing foreign nationals without local understudies.

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PM Ngurare engages senior government officials on public service delivery

Prime Minister Dr. Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare arrives at the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) for an engagement with directors and deputy directors from all Offices, Ministries and Agencies (OMAs) of Government. Per the OPM, the engagement provides an opportunity for a direct, one-on-one interaction with senior government officials […]

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US shoots down two Iranian drones over Bahrain amid rising tensions

US Central Command says it has shot down two Iranian drones over Bahrain, denying claims by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that it destroyed an American early-warning radar installation there. The incident — the first Iranian attack on US military assets in a Gulf state since early September — comes as US […]

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