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Namibia: Chronic illness sufferers battle to survive workplaces that do not see them – News

Namibia: Chronic illness sufferers battle to survive workplaces that do not see them – News

Africa Links 24 with Daily Maverick
Published on 2025-05-02 15:00:00

For employees with chronic but invisible illnesses, the decision to disclose their illness at work is fraught with risk. Many choose silence, concealing their pain behind an air of normalcy.

On 1 May, South Africans gather around braais and at union meetings to observe Workers’ Day – a hard-won public holiday rooted in the fight for dignity, fair treatment and economic justice.

But amid these observations, we must ask: Who is still being left out of our idea of ‘the…

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