The Cash and Carry at Rundu saga continues unabated as it remains unresolved despite them not returning to the stores on Friday.

The workers have been camping at the supermarket since Wednesday, blocking the entrance to the store until their demands are met.

The police had to be called in to forcefully remove the workers to allow the shop to operate.

Acting NamPol Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu, says the police action was necessary to protect the rights of the employer, Cash n Carry.

We were called to ensure that the shop is back in operation. We all understand that this is a licensed business under the ministry of trade and industrialization, and there is nobody that has the right to close the shop just from nowhere".

The workers' representative, Linus Negumbo, says the workers will change their stance on the Rani Group of Companies and labor hire company, Employee Placement Service Namibia,'s forced transfers.

Negumbo says he is meeting the workers on Saturday to plan their next line of action as they demand reinstatement.

The legal practitioners, Dr. Weder, Kauta and Hoveka have since served Negumbo with a notice to not trespass on their clients' business premises nor cause the shop to close.

A representative for the Cash & Carry employees says "How I am trespassing is beyond me, how I am instigating is beyond me. The workers came to work and then they were locked out, and I addressed them, saying, "they should be patient, we are going to the ministry of labor and then we are coming back to address you we addressed them to say that it was resolved when they came today they were told that no, you are not entering to work this is the situation". 

Meanwhile, Chief Labour Inspector in the Kavango Region Michael Kabwata says the settlement agreement that led to the reinstatement of the workers last month remains in force.

The settlement agreement was mediated by Governor Bonifatius Wakudumo and the acting Executive Director in the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations in January.

He believes an amicable solution can be found to put the long-running labor dispute to rest.

At least 275 employees were transferred from Rundu to other Cash and Carry stores in other regions, transfers they have rejected.

They believe the transfers are in retaliation for their December strike for better salaries and good working conditions.