There’s no fury like a woman scornedÂ…

AN angry employee of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) yesterday dumped furniture, home appliances and clothes in front of NWR’s Windhoek offices, demanding to see Managing Director Tobie Aupindi.

Ingrid Haipinge claimed that her household goods were damaged when she was evicted from company lodging at the Gross Barmen Hot Springs Resort near Okahandja in 2003. Haipinge was dismissed by NWR in February 2003 after a disciplinary hearing found her guilty of fighting with a co-worker.She refused to vacate the NWR house she had occupied at Gross Barmen, and the company obtained an eviction order in the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court on September 16 2003.Her belongings were removed from the house and were dumped under a tree outside the entrance to the resort.The belongings were left under the tree for the whole of October 2003 and she claims to have lived under the tree with her family during this period.A month after the eviction, Haipinge sued NWR for unfair dismissal and the Labour Court ruled in 2005 that she should be reinstated.She was reinstated in September 2005 and is again working as a receptionist at Gross Barmen.Yesterday, Haipinge alleged that those who removed her belongings had damaged them, including her two cars, and demanded compensation.”These are my properties.I want my properties,” she thundered after she was told by NWR Human Resource Manager Olavi Hamwele that she would have to make an appointment if she wanted to see Aupindi.Haipinge insisted that she would not leave before seeing Aupindi, however, and was eventually let into the MD’s office.Aupindi informed her that NWR would compensate her for the damage, provided that she gave the company a list of the damaged items so that an assessment could be made.The City of Windhoek helped Haipinge to remove her belongings from the NWR offices.Haipinge was dismissed by NWR in February 2003 after a disciplinary hearing found her guilty of fighting with a co-worker.She refused to vacate the NWR house she had occupied at Gross Barmen, and the company obtained an eviction order in the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court on September 16 2003.Her belongings were removed from the house and were dumped under a tree outside the entrance to the resort.The belongings were left under the tree for the whole of October 2003 and she claims to have lived under the tree with her family during this period.A month after the eviction, Haipinge sued NWR for unfair dismissal and the Labour Court ruled in 2005 that she should be reinstated.She was reinstated in September 2005 and is again working as a receptionist at Gross Barmen.Yesterday, Haipinge alleged that those who removed her belongings had damaged them, including her two cars, and demanded compensation.”These are my properties.I want my properties,” she thundered after she was told by NWR Human Resource Manager Olavi Hamwele that she would have to make an appointment if she wanted to see Aupindi.Haipinge insisted that she would not leave before seeing Aupindi, however, and was eventually let into the MD’s office.Aupindi informed her that NWR would compensate her for the damage, provided that she gave the company a list of the damaged items so that an assessment could be made.The City of Windhoek helped Haipinge to remove her belongings from the NWR offices.