Textile news from NAMIBIA
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NAMIBIA: Garment unit closure linked to groundwater pollution
[Aug 07, 2007] The Malaysian owned garment factory Ramatex closed its three units due to concerns raised over groundwater pollution. The news that the company had planned to take machinery from the units out of the country, the Namibia
NAMIBIA: Garment units closure linked to pollution
[Jul 31, 2007] This month’s closure of three units of the Malaysian owned Ramatex garment factory is linked to pollution. Environmental concerns were raised over the operations at Ramatex from the city of Windhoek.
NAMIBIA: Rhino Garments textile company threatened of closure in April
MEM [Jan 23, 2007] About 50 Namibian service providers stand to lose their businesses with the threat of closure of the Rhino Garments textile company in April; Andrew Ndishishi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry said...
NAMIBIA: Malaysian textile company bows to Namibian workers demand
MEM [Oct 30, 2006] The Malaysian textile company, Ramatex, has bowed to industrial action by Namibian workers demanding better wages and benefits; Ndeshi Shigweda, a seamstress at Ramatex said...
NAMIBIA: Fate of workers at Ramatex garment factory remains in balance
MEM [Jun 10, 2006] The fate of 5,000 Namibian workers at the Ramatex garment factory remains in the balance after the government rejected an ultimatum by the Malaysian owners to buy the plant or see it close...
NAMIBIA: Malaysian textile giant sets ultimatum to shut down
MEM [May 16, 2006] Malaysian company Ramatex has told the Namibian government to either take over the local company or it will be shut down. Sources said on May 16...
NAMIBIA: MTI believes textile industry will survive even with the end ATC
MEM [Aug 10, 2005] Namibia's textile and clothing industry will survive even with the end of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC) last year, a senior official in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has said...
NAMIBIA: Government effects to ensure textile industry thrives
[Aug 08, 2005] In a bid to survive in the global market and intensify developing the local textile industry, the government has set up measures to ensure the industry thrives.
NAMIBIA: Foreign textile unit close, leaveing industry in disustrace
[May 20, 2005] Namibia's troubled textile industry was dealt a serious blow on Thursday,May 19, when 1,600 workers were retrenched...
NAMIBIA: Govt counting on AGOA for survival
MEM [Apr 23, 2005] Government and critics in the labour industry are at odds over the potential impact on Namibia's fledgling textile industry of the termination of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)...
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