Nurses stage demo

Alvine Kapitako & Francis Xoagub, New Era, July 19, 2011 Windhoek - Nurses staged demonstrations in Windhoek and Oshakati yesterday. The nurses, who are protesting against “low” salaries, later handed a petition to Prime Minister Nahas Angula in Windhoek. Abner Shopati, a senior registered nurse and Secretary General of the Namibia Nurses Union (NANU), told Angula that the nurses wanted to express dissatisfaction at the way they are treated by Government through the Ministry of Health and Social Services. He said the nurses are disappointed and de-motivated by the way Government, through the health ministry, treats them ... Nurses