{"id":269395,"date":"2019-06-12T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269395"},"modified":"2019-06-12T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:10:08","slug":"battle-between-teachers-unions-settled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=269395","title":{"rendered":"Battle between teachers\u2019 unions settled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eba Kandovazu<\/p>\n<p>THE legal battle between Namibia\u2019s only two teachers\u2019 unions, Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) and the Namibia National Teachers&#8217; Union (Nantu), over members\u2019 fees was today settled in the high court.<\/p>\n<p>TUN last year dragged Nantu to court for failing to comply with an order that compelled it to stop deducting money from salaries of teachers who resigned from the union within two months of receiving the notification.<\/p>\n<p>The order also suggested that the unions supply a list of resignations to one another at the end of each month.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_269400\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 500px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-269400\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0893.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0893.jpg 500w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0893-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0893-765x510.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: Teachers strike. Photo:contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A number of teachers resigned from Nantu to join TUN, but the former continued to deduct membership fees from their salaries. TUN, as a result, instituted a legal claim against the former, following which an agreement was reached.<\/p>\n<p>Nantu\u2019s non-compliance with the agreement in turn forced TUN to approach the high court to charge them for contempt of court and to have them committed to jail. Simeon Kavila, a teacher from Onesi Secondary School and Basilius Haingura, Nantu\u2019s General Secretary, are named as respondents in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The high court, however, dismissed the application after it was found that the teachers who resigned from Nantu did not comply with the organisation\u2019s constitution. They failed to comply with the resignation requirements by doing so in writing and filing the necessary documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNantu cannot properly be held to be in contempt of the court order in the circumstances. It is the resigning members\u2019 action in compliance with Nantu\u2019s constitution that can enable Nantu to comply with the court order,\u201d Judge Thomas Masuku ruled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267288\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Action-Coach.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eba Kandovazu THE legal battle between Namibia\u2019s only two teachers\u2019 unions, Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) and the Namibia National Teachers&#8217; Union (Nantu), over members\u2019 fees was today settled in the high court. 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