{"id":278378,"date":"2019-09-10T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=278378"},"modified":"2019-09-10T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:59:25","slug":"phosphate-protesters-march-on-the-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=278378","title":{"rendered":"Phosphate protesters march on the High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"352\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 352;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/70842085_2324647954467280_6992813620590107534_n.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Eba Kandovazzu &amp; Marthina Mutanga<\/p>\n<p>WORKERS marched on the Office of the Prime Minister and from there to the High Court in Windhoek to hand over petitions in which they protest against phosphate mining off the coast of Namibia.<br \/>The protest in Windhoek preceded an application in the High Court of Namibia where the way in which mining licences were issued to the companies that aims to develop phosphate mining projects will be challenged.<br \/>The march in Windhoek follows mass action in Walvis Bay where more than a thousand workers marched on the offices of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to protest the way in which mining licences were issued to companies who aims to develop rock phosphate mining projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":278380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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