The strike at the National Housing Enterprise today entered its third day.

Employees say their industrial action is not only about salary increments, but overall governance at the company.

NHE Management is adamant that there is no money to effect salary increments.

Workers however say recent events within the institution indicate otherwise. 

They cited as an example, a trip undertaken by management to Cape Town and the holding of executive meetings at hotels instead of the company's boardroom, as well as the unprocedural appointment of certain employees.

Employees of the Namibia Housing Enterprise (NHE) have voted in favour of engaging in industrial action.

Workers, represented by the Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) conducted a vote on whether or not to strike, with 90 percent of workers voting in favour.

The development follows the company's failure to satisfy the workers' demand for a once-off payment of N$15 000, instead of salary increments, which it has stated it cannot afford. 

Employees at the National Housing Enterprise are scheduled to vote on whether to strike or not tomorrow, after negotiations with management reached a deadlock. 

The Secretary General of Namibia Public Service Union, Matheus Haakuria says negotiating teams had initially agreed on a once off payment of N$15 000 for each employee. 

However, he says the company allegedly reversed its  decision, which forced the employees to reduce the amount to N$10 000.

Haakuria says the NHE board still refuses.

More than 80 employees at the Katutura State Hospital, employed on fixed-term contracts, received termination notices of employment effective from tomorrow, in a move the unions described as illegal.

The Public Service Union of Namibia and the Namibia Retail and Allied Workers Union say the Ministry of Health and Social Services prematurely terminated the employment contracts under false pretenses.

The workers started working at the Katutura State Hospital in 2017 as cleaners through an outsourcing agreement between the ministry and a private company, Adaptic.