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South mourns Air Namibia’s demise  2021-02-17  KEETMANSHOOP – Oranjemund constituency councillor Lazarus Nangolo says government and various stakeholders should re-strategise and work around modalities to allow Air Namibia to continue operating instead of closing it down through liquidation. “As regional councillor and former trade unionist, I am not in agreement with this liquidation and are calling on government to re-look into this matter accordingly,’’ he suggested.  Nangolo further expressed that Air Namibia, as a former employer and serving Oranjemund with domestic flig...

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Air Namibia employees will be assisted   PRIME MINSTER Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has stated that the government has taken note of concerns raised by industry on the impact the liquidation of Air Namibia will have on the economy and added that the government will engage with the private sector to optimize job opportunities for the now unemployed airline workers.   Amadhila addressed Parliament and said that the government is also cognizant of how the closure of the airline would impact the tourism sector and added that the option to have an airline in the future is not totally off the table...

Air Namibia protests ‘too little, too late’ 2021-02-18  Political analysts have termed the nationwide protests by the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), the country’s largest trade union, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) against Air Namibia’s liquidation as “too little, too late”.  The NUNW, which was joined by the SPYL, marched to the Swapo headquarters and Office of the Prime Minister, while Tucna petitioned parliament. Speaking to New Era yesterday, political commentator and director of the Institute for Public P...

The liquidation of Air Namibia could hit the tourism sector, especially in Erongo.