{"id":101130,"date":"2026-04-20T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:32:41","slug":"home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers","title":{"rendered":"Home Affairs Not Recruiting Foreign Truck Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has dismissed as false claims suggesting that it plans to recruit 39 truck drivers from Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry\u2019s Executive Director, Nghidinua Daniel, said in a statement that the allegations are \u201centirely false, unfounded, and without any official basis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no point, now or in the future, does the Ministry intend to recruit foreign nationals as truck drivers, including from Zimbabwe, as falsely suggested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The disseminators of the \u201cfalse claim\u201d also urged Namibian truck drivers with at least five years\u2019 experience to submit applications for the \u201cpurported positions\u201d, which Daniel called a deliberate attempt to mislead the public and \u201ccreate confusion, anxiety, and potential unrest among job-seeking citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis misinformation,\u201d he said, \u201cis not only deceptive but appears intentionally designed to undermine public confidence and disrupt the integrity of official communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Ministry condemns the creation and spreading of \u201cfalse and malicious content\u201d and reaffirmed that, under the Immigration Control Act of 1993 and labour regulations, Namibians get priority for all jobs, and employers are required to prove that no suitably qualified Namibian is available before a foreign national can be hired.<\/p>\n<p>Work permits for non-Namibians are generally granted only for scarce, critical, or specialised skills not readily available locally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the employment of foreign nationals in temporary, non-specialised, or low-skilled positions \u2014 particularly those that can be adequately filled by Namibians \u2014 is strongly discouraged and will not be approved,\u201d said Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the public to avoid sharing unverified information and warned that false and manipulated content can easily be created and spread, especially with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor reliable information, the public should use only the ministry\u2019s official communication channels. Recruitment announcements will be made through authorised platforms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has dismissed as false claims suggesting that it plans to recruit 39 truck drivers from Zimbabwe. The Ministry\u2019s Executive Director, Nghidinua Daniel, said in a statement that the allegations are \u201centirely false, unfounded, and without any official basis\u201d. \u201cAt no point, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-101130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-policy","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home Affairs Not Recruiting Foreign Truck Drivers - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has dismissed as false claims suggesting ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home Affairs Not Recruiting Foreign Truck Drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has dismissed as false claims suggesting ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T14:25:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T14:32:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1776682942.164437.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"879\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"442\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Home Affairs Not Recruiting Foreign Truck Drivers\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-20T14:25:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-20T14:32:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers\"},\"wordCount\":314,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/sm_1776682942.164437.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/home-affairs-not-recruiting-foreign-truck-drivers\",\"name\":\"Home Affairs Not Recruiting Foreign Truck Drivers - 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