Legal practitioner Kadhila Amoomo highlights the veterinary cordon fence (redline) litigation and rural development as pivotal 2025 focus areas while advocating for national decolonisation and authenticity.
• What were the last three things you spent money on?
Cattle feed, salt and farm wages.
• What were the highlights of 2025 in your sector?
The redline fight and Electoral Court challenges.
• What did you learn in 2025?
This year taught me it’s not easy to fight for our people. But we must keep going.
• What is the single most important line that defined your outlook in 2025?
‘We are to few to be poor’, and ‘don’t negotiate with a poverty mentality’ by the president.
• If artificial intelligence (AI) could magically fix one everyday task for you, what would you pick?
Pagination and indexing.
• What was the song you played most this year?
‘Koppyne’ by Shax Champion. Dier is hier!
• What put your office or sector in the spotlight in 2025?
The redline case.
• What is your dream Namibian holiday destination?
The Zambezi.
• Which duty or responsibility tested your leadership this year?
Opening a law firm at Ondangwa. It’s not easy that side.
• What advice would you give young Namibian leaders observing your work?
Be authentic. Remain African. Decolonise your mind.
• Which initiative in 2025 do you see as the most transformative for citizens?
The boreholes initiative by comrade Elijah Ngurare really helped our people in the rural areas. We are grateful for this.
• What was the most overrated trend, sector or idea?
Urbanisation has scammed our people. It’s overrated. We really need rural development. Let’s work our lands.
• What was the biggest blunder of 2025?
When Bernadus Swartbooi wrote to Trump. Big blunder.
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