Maitjituavi Kavetu

06 Jun

Progress in the recovery of Fishrot funds, AR says

ObserverNational NewsAR says, Maitjituavi Kavetu, Progress in the recovery of Fishrot funds

Niël Terblanché The partnership between the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) and London-based global anti-corruption fund Restitution is still strong and good progress has been made to recover more than N$2.5 billion lost through the Fishrot scandal and other corrupt activities. The parties entered into the partnership to create an avenue that will eventually result in international civil lawsuits against Samherji, the Icelandic seafood company that is central to the Fishrot corruption scandal. Maitjituavi Kavetu, the Head of Legal at the AR movement said members of the organization visited the United Kingdom in September last year to meet with lawyers from Restitution.…

AR bill against sole foreign land ownership

ObserverUncategorisedAgnes Kafula, AR bill against sole foreign land ownership, Job Amupanda, Maitjituavi Kavetu

Martin Endjala The Affirmative Reposition (AR) representatives had a field day with the National Assembly Standing Committee on Natural Resources today as they presented a proposed amendment bill on foreign ownership of land in Namibia. It is the first time a political party or a civil society organization succeeds to inititate a full proposed law to the legislature. The presentation today follows the recent delivery of a petition by AR to the Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly in which they demanded for the introduction of a law to control of foreign ownership of land in Namibia. After…