In the latest legal development, social justice activist Dr. Job Amupanda has been granted leave by Judge Shafimana Ueitele to approach the High Court for further consideration of his constitutional challenge.
The case revolves around the contentious veterinary cordon fence separating Namibia's northern and north-eastern communal areas from commercial farmland to the south.
Deputy Minister of Finance Maureen Hinda-Mbuende is seeking a payment of one million dollars from AR Activist and former Mayor of Windhoek, Dr. Job Amupanda, accusing him of defaming her character.
In her testimony before the High Court, Hinda-Mbuende alleged that in 2022, Amupanda posted a picture of an unknown person, followed by a malicious caption labelling the picture as that of the deputy minister, a person with no moral fibre and thus unable to be trusted for a public office.
Dr. Job Shipululo Amupanda, a prominent political science scholar and Senior Lecturer at the University of Namibia has submitted an urgent petition to the National Assembly, calling for an immediate halt to what he terms the rushed passage of 13 Bills.
The petition highlights concerns over a lack of comprehensive review and informed debate surrounding these proposed legislations.
Dr. Amupanda's petition is grounded in the constitutional provisions that characterise the National Assembly as a representative body tasked with upholding the interests of all Namibians.
The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Movement's frontman and social activist, Dr. Job Amupanda, has accused the Benchmark Retirement Fund of being in cahoots with NAMFISA to change the provisions of the Pension Fund.
The changes, Dr. Amupanda says, will have dire consequences for fund members and their families.
On Tuesday, Dr. Amupanda presented to the public a strategy with a different color but with similar characteristics to the delayed Financial Institutions and Markets Act, Fima.
