Evilastus Kaaronda is a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n trade unionist. He served as the secretary general of the

National Union of Namibian Workers The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) is one of three national trade union centers in Namibia. It was established in 1970 and is affiliated with SWAPO, Namibia's ruling political party. History NUNW was originally established as a gener ...

(NUNW). In April 2011, an investigation against Kaaronda was launched following allegations of misconduct; specifically, Kaaronda was alleged to have made unauthorized public statements which discredited NUNW-affiliated unions. Kaaronda is considered a new breed of unionist, that more than compromising workers' interest to be politically complacent with the power structures, maintains an outspoken approach on the many polemic issues that affect the workers. His criticisms include support on a people-oriented

Basic Income Grant Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive an unconditional transfer payment, that is, without a means test or need to work. It would be received independently of a ...

, skepticism on the precarious short-term labour contracts proposed by the TIPEEG program, demands to hold accountable those who were responsible for the N$600 million Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) lost through botched investments in a series of politically connected start-ups, and ultimately to improve the status of the workers rather than decrease them as incentive for foreign investment. In 2012, Kaaronda was fired from NUNW alongside its president Elias Manga, citing "gross non-compliance with regard to his duties and responsibilities", the "disunity, division and mistrust" on his part. They were replaced by Connie Pandeni and Alfred Angula. In 2014, Kaaronda was instrumental in founding the

Namibia National Labour Organisation The Namibia National Labour Organisation (NANLO) is one of three national trade union centres in Namibia. NANLO was established in 2014 by Evilastus Kaaronda. After campaigning against government corruption, Kaaronda in 2012 was dismissed as ge ...

(NANLO).

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Namibian trade unionists Namibian activists {{Namibia-bio-stub