Ovambanderu dispute to go to High Court

WINDHOEK – A protracted and unsettled rift in the ranks of the leadership of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority over a new constitution and the reinstatement of 11 expelled chiefs is scheduled to be heard in the High Court in Windhoek next week.

The hearing is scheduled to start in the High Court on March 26 . This was revealed by the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority’s public relations officer, Uazenga Ngahahe, shortly after Ovambanderu Chief Munyuku Nguvauva II and nine other chiefs met President Hifikepunye Pohamba at State House on Friday morning.According to Ngahahe, they came to brief the Head of State on the matter as they did not want him to hear about it first on radio or in the newspapers.On May 8 last year, the Windhoek High Court ordered the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority under Chief Munyuku Nguvauva II to reinstate the 11 expelled traditional leaders with immediate effect.The order was issued after representatives of the Traditional Authority and a group of Ovambanderus reached an interim agreement to reinstate the expelled chiefs.Since then the two parties have held a number of meetings without reaching agreement on their new constitution, which had seen the 11 traditional chiefs losing their positions within the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority.NampaThis was revealed by the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority’s public relations officer, Uazenga Ngahahe, shortly after Ovambanderu Chief Munyuku Nguvauva II and nine other chiefs met President Hifikepunye Pohamba at State House on Friday morning.According to Ngahahe, they came to brief the Head of State on the matter as they did not want him to hear about it first on radio or in the newspapers.On May 8 last year, the Windhoek High Court ordered the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority under Chief Munyuku Nguvauva II to reinstate the 11 expelled traditional leaders with immediate effect.The order was issued after representatives of the Traditional Authority and a group of Ovambanderus reached an interim agreement to reinstate the expelled chiefs.Since then the two parties have held a number of meetings without reaching agreement on their new constitution, which had seen the 11 traditional chiefs losing their positions within the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority.Nampa