Kavango West cleaners put to construction work

Cleaners at Tondoro Health Centre in the Kavango West region have been roped in to construct a building at the facility due to a lack of sufficient funds to hire a contractor.

The cleaners say they are doing the construction work while continuing with their normal cleaning duties, with no agreement on additional payment.

One of the cleaners, who spoke to The Namibian on condition of anonymity, says three cleaners have been involved in constructing an administrative building since early last month.

“We were just told to construct. There is no agreement for payment for us,” the cleaner says.