{"id":20051,"date":"2022-05-21T15:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/windhoek-okahandja-road-construction-workers-demand-govt-pay-their-company"},"modified":"2022-05-21T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:50:32","slug":"windhoek-okahandja-road-construction-workers-demand-govt-pay-their-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/windhoek-okahandja-road-construction-workers-demand-govt-pay-their-company","title":{"rendered":"Windhoek-Okahandja road construction workers demand govt pay their company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Construction workers from the Okahandja-Windhoek road-building project handed over a petition to the works and transport minister, John Mutorwa, in Windhoek on Thursday demanding government pay their company so they can get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Some of CMC Otesa Joint Venture\u2019s workers have been suspended due to the ministry\u2019s late payment to the company and were receiving half salaries while on suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Mutorwa told the workers his ministry had paid the money and the delay could be from the Ministry of Finance\u2019s side as he had only just been made aware of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>With their union leaders from the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu), the workers came to an agreement that they would give until next week for the money to be cleared to their company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want the government to pay the company so we can go back to work and get our full salaries,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n<p>The road construction between Windhoek and Okahandja has been slowed down due to delayed payments by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the big road construction projects and cannot be ignored,\u201d another worker added. 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