{"id":5339,"date":"2021-11-14T16:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T16:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T17:02:50","slug":"shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions","title":{"rendered":"Shiimi is not truthful – unions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiations are still ongoing.<\/b><\/p>\n

Shiimi earlier this month, during the mid-term budget review, said civil servants would not be getting salary increases any time soon. Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) secretary general Petrus Nevonga said last week that negotiations on salary increments for civil servants are ongoing, and the minister had no right to say that the unions had foregone the increases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe information he communicated is misleading, unfounded and devoid of any truth. Napwu, the Namibia Teachers Union (Nantu) and the government are still engaging in negotiations for 2021\/2022,\u201d he said during a press conference.<\/p>\n

In his speech the minister expressed gratitude to trade unions and civil servants for heeding the government’s call and keeping their belts tightened. He also pleaded with them to be patient until the next fiscal year which promises to be more difficult, \u201cso we allow the economy to recover more firmly\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, Napwu and Nantu have not taken kindly to Shiimi’s remarks, saying that he made that statement in bad faith. \u201cShiimi is neither a member of the negotiating committee nor was he mandated by the committee to communicate on issues relating to the salary negotiation on its behalf,\u201d Nevonga said.<\/p>\n

The secretary general said Shiimi’s statements leave a sour note for the next round of negotiations, which takes place when the parties meet on 29 November.<\/p>\n

The union want a 10% increase in salaries, 10% increase in transport allowances for civil servants below management level, 9% increase in housing allowances, 25% increase in the qualifying amount for housing subsidies, as well as a N$7 per kilometre tariff increase.<\/p>\n

The negotiations started on 25 February when the unions submitted their proposals. Nevonga said they will decide on a course of action after they meet later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt remains a difficult economic environment,\u201d said Shiimi.<\/p>\n

He said the situation warrants targeted policy interventions to reboot economic growth and employment creation \u2013 albeit with limited fiscal space. This limited fiscal space means there are not sufficient funds for increments for civil servants.<\/p>\n

Shiimi said the Office of the Prime Minister has a team of consultants to map out and finalise wage bill reforms. The wage bill is said to be the state’s biggest expense. Leading institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, have described it as concerning. Salary increments have for some time caused strikes, especially with the teachers, who make up the bulk of civil servants.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiations are still ongoing. Shiimi earlier this month, during the mid-term budget review, said civil servants would not be getting salary increases any time soon. Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) secretary general Petrus Nevonga said last week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,236,233,534,2569],"class_list":["post-5339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia","tag-shiimi","tag-unions"],"yoast_head":"\nShiimi is not truthful - unions - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiat ...\" \/>\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\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shiimi is not truthful - unions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\" \/>\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=\"2021-11-14T16:44:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-14T17:02:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\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\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Shiimi is not truthful – unions\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-14T16:44:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-14T17:02:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\",\"Shiimi\",\"unions\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\",\"name\":\"Shiimi is not truthful - unions - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-14T16:44:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-14T17:02:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiat ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Shiimi is not truthful - unions\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shiimi is not truthful – unions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shiimi is not truthful - unions - Namibia","description":"UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiat ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shiimi is not truthful - unions","og_description":"UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiat ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-11-14T16:44:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-14T17:02:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Shiimi is not truthful – unions","datePublished":"2021-11-14T16:44:35+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-14T17:02:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions"},"wordCount":431,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia","Shiimi","unions"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions","name":"Shiimi is not truthful - unions - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-14T16:44:35+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-14T17:02:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"UNIONS assert that finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi spread lies about civil servants salary increases, saying negotiat ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/11\/img-6191412207d7f.jpg","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"Shiimi is not truthful - unions"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/shiimi-is-not-truthful-unions#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shiimi is not truthful – unions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}