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Oct
Ester Mbathera The directors of the subsidiaries of the Icelandic fishing company Samherji in Namibia have rejected demands from former crew members of the MV Heinaste for unpaid wages and severance packages. This is according to the latest annual report from Samherji Ltd., the parent company in Iceland. “The directors of the subsidiary are of the opinion that these claims have no basis and consider that a final settlement was made with the affected parties in 2018 and early 2019,” reads the report. However, in 2019, 23 former fishermen, who worked on the Heinaste horse mackerel freezer vessel took Samherji’s…