Red Line

26 Sep

Amupanda seeks legal protection in red line case

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Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Affirmative Repositioning movement’s (AR) leader, Job Amupanda has requested protection from legal costs in his ongoing lawsuit against the government for the removal of the Veterinary Cordon Fence, also known as the red line. He was seeking an order from the court that would prevent any adverse cost ruling if he loses the case during the matter’s hearing in the Windhoek High Court on Thursday. "I pray to this Honourable Court for an order in terms of which I am protected against an adverse cost order in the event that I am unsuccessful in this matter. For…

Amupanda sues Govt over ‘Red Line’

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Rose-Mary Haufiku Windhoek Mayor, Job Shipululo Amupanda, is suing Government, challenging the continued existence of the “Red Line”, also referred to as the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF) more than a 100 years after regulations supporting its existence were enacted. The legal action by Amupanda comes after this month he had his meat valued at N$1000 confiscated at the Oshivelo checkpoint when he was returning to Windhoek from the north of Namibia. “The Plaintiff is therefore aggrieved and is entitled to approach the honourable court in terms of Article 25 of the Namibian Constitution for an order declaring the conduct of…