Government, Nantu renegotiate

Government and the Namibia National Teachers Union were back at the negotiating table on Wednesday night, soon after the Labour Court ruled that the teachers could go ahead with their industrial action.

Teachers across the country started an indefinite strike yesterday, demanding an 8% salary increase, after refusing to accept the government's offer of 5%. The government had approached the Labour Court to stop the strike but lost the case, a development that set the stage for the strike. Sources told The Namibian yesterday that the government, through the Office of the Prime Minister, met Nantu soon after the Labour Court's ruling to renegotiate.