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Article

7 Mar 2008

Author:
Namibian

Ramatex - Money, Hopes, Livelihoods Down Drain [Namibia]

The much-vaunted investment which promised to bring much to Namibian economic growth...has...closed its doors and the last of its formerly 8 000 labour force are now unemployed...All the concerns expressed over the years...about poor labour conditions at the [Ramatex] plant, the environmental hazards, the financial infusions of Government and the City of Windhoek...have come prophetically true.