PBP employees petition fisheries ministry over feared job losses

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2025-11-13
WALVIS BAY, 13 November 2025 -Employees of Princess Brand Processing demonstrating to petition the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform over the looming retrenchments in Walvis Bay on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA WALVIS BAY, 13 November 2025 -Employees of Princess Brand Processing demonstrating to petition the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform over the looming retrenchments in Walvis Bay on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA
WALVIS BAY, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – Employees of Princess Brand Processing (PBP) have petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, calling for urgent intervention to safeguard 634 jobs at risk in the wet-landed pelagic sector.
In their petition delivered here on Thursday, the employees appealed to the ministry to act swiftly to protect workers’ livelihoods and investments in the sector affected by fishing quota shortages.
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WALVIS BAY, 13 November 2025 - Employees of Princess Brand Processing Silas Petrus petitioned the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform in Walvis Bay on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA WALVIS BAY, 13 November 2025 - Employees of Princess Brand Processing Silas Petrus petitioned the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform in Walvis Bay on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA
WALVIS BAY, 13 November 2025 - Shopsteward of the employees of Princess Brand Processing Silas Petrus reading the petition handed over to the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform in Walvis Bay on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA WALVIS BAY, 13 November 2025 - Shopsteward of the employees of Princess Brand Processing Silas Petrus reading the petition handed over to the ministry of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform in Walvis Bay on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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