The Chairperson of the ||Kharas Regional Council, Josef Isaacks, has accused Shanxi Construction and Investment Group of irregularly hiring and firing workers at will.

The company is currently constructing the N$110 million Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre.

Isaacks visited the site after hearing that 18 new recruits were imported while more than 10 local workers' contracts are expected to be terminated at the end of this month.

The ||Kharas Regional Council has condemned the naming of a 15,02-carat diamond, which was recently unveiled by Namdia, as Egumbo Star.

Council's Chairperson  Joseph Isaack said the naming of the diamond in the Oshiwambo language smacks of undermining the inhabitants of the region. 

He argued a name in the Khoe-Khoe Gowab for the diamond would have been appropriate since it was mined in the region where the latter language is spoken by the majority of its inhabitants.