Magistrates across the country have threatened to stop work next week if the Ministry of Justice fails to implement long-promised housing and vehicle allowance increases.

Swakopmund-based Beifang Mining Technology Services is under fire from its workers for alleged unfair labour practices.

Employees marched through the streets of Swakopmund, alleging that the company alters employment contracts and reduces hourly rates without consultation.

Choppies employees have handed over a petition to the company management, in which they claim unfair treatment.

 Workers gathered at the Khomas Grove Mall in Khomasdal, charging that they have been underpaid since the Botswana-based retail chain started operating in Namibia since 2017.

Swakop Uranium workers are at loggerheads with the company over benefits under the continuous operation shift arrangement.

The company is exempt from the labour law that allows workers to operate 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Otjiwarongo Choppies employees handed in a petition demanding the banning of flexi-hour contracts as well as the retrenchment of some employees, which the company wants to undertake.

Employees of Choppies Namibia at Swakopmund petitioned management, expressing dissatisfaction with "meagre earnings over the years and unfair labour practices".

Workers say N$8 per hour, which amounts to about N$1,500 per month, is insufficient and unable to meet their basic needs.

Workers who are doing the debushing and clearing for the Andara-Shamaturu road in Mukwe, Kavango East, have stopped working after the subcontractor failed to pay them for the month of March. 

An employee at the Office of the Prime Minister, Lolo Goraseb, stood in chains as he conducted a lone demonstration following the failure of the office to honour all remedies spelt out in his reinstatement order by the Labour Commissioner. 

Close to 700 workers from Gendev Group at Walvis Bay petitioned the company, demanding full-time employment and protesting what they call "unfair labour conditions."