Govt, Nantu agreement halts teachers’ strike

After protracted negotiations the Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) and government over the weekend reached an agreement on wages and salaries for this financial year to be spread over the next financial year, thus bringing relief to stakeholders and to the parents of grade 10 and 12 students, whose final examinations had to be postponed for two days after the nationwide strike took effect on Thursday.

The new agreement will see Nantu members in the lowest job category receiving a 10 percent increase. Those in the middle categories – principals and heads of department – would receive 5 percent increase, while the highest job category will receive a 4 percent increase.

The increments are to be backdated to April 1.