“NBC needs to figure out a sustainable funding model” – Mathe

Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology’s Executive Director, Audrin Mathe, stated that the current method of revenue collection employed by the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), is not profitable nor sustainable and that the state-owned entity needs to find a solution. Mathe was responding to questions from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Community Development about the NBC strike this week in Windhoek. In 2021, about 600 NBC employees went on a nationwide strike demanding an 8 percent salary increment and for all workers employed on a contractual basis to be employed on a full-time basis.…