Lawyer accuses Amupanda of bullying Hinda-Mbuende
Amupanda denies reputation damage to deputy minister
Job Amupanda appeared in court this week in a N$1 million defamation case brought by deputy finance minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende.
Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader Job Amupanda testified in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday in the defamation case brought against him by deputy minister of finance and public enterprises, Maureen Hinda-Mbuende.
During Amupanda's cross-examination, Hinda-Mbuende’s lawyer, Anne-Doris Hans-Kaumbi, put questions to him related to the allegedly defamatory remarks he made towards Hinda-Mbuende. She asked him if, at any point, he had ever referred to her as a 'slay queen' and he admitted that he had.
"I said she was a 'slay queen'. She told me that herself," Amupanda testified.
During re-examination, it appeared that Amupanda was moving away from the court case at hand and began speaking about another issue related to Hinda-Mbuende, who apparently received a loan from a bank.
Hans-Kaumbi labelled this behaviour as him "bullying” her client.
"He continues to bully and harass her and I ask the court to warn him against this kind of behaviour."
Defamation allegations
Hinda-Mbuende is demanding N$1 million in damages from Amupanda for a post he made on his Facebook page in July 2021 with a photo of an unknown girl in denim, a white shirt and sunglasses. The post read: “Deputy Minister of Finance Maureen Hinda during the Liberation War. Maureen was such a 'WizWiz'. It's like she wouldn't think twice about taking out a knife."
Hans-Kaumbi argued during the hearing that Amupanda's post attracted widespread attention, with some 2 800 reactions, 39 reposts and 511 comments which she said expressed public ridicule and shame.
Hans-Kaumbi argued that Amupanda subjected her client to sexual insults.
When Hinda-Mbuende was reportedly evaluated by her psychologist, it was allegedly noted that the turn of events had caused "adverse and psychological stress."
Damage to reputation
Hans-Kaumbi argued that her client's reputation was affected not only locally but also internationally, resulting in additional emotional trauma.
During cross-examination, Amupanda denied damaging Hinda-Mbuende's reputation.
"I do not agree with the psychologists' idea of reputation damage, because when she was asked if there was any evaluation on that, she said no, as reputation analysis was not within her scope," Amupanda said in court.CLAIMS
After Amupanda's testimony, High Court judge Collins Parker adjourned the case until 4 April for continuation of the trial.
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During Amupanda's cross-examination, Hinda-Mbuende’s lawyer, Anne-Doris Hans-Kaumbi, put questions to him related to the allegedly defamatory remarks he made towards Hinda-Mbuende. She asked him if, at any point, he had ever referred to her as a 'slay queen' and he admitted that he had.
"I said she was a 'slay queen'. She told me that herself," Amupanda testified.
During re-examination, it appeared that Amupanda was moving away from the court case at hand and began speaking about another issue related to Hinda-Mbuende, who apparently received a loan from a bank.
Hans-Kaumbi labelled this behaviour as him "bullying” her client.
"He continues to bully and harass her and I ask the court to warn him against this kind of behaviour."
Defamation allegations
Hinda-Mbuende is demanding N$1 million in damages from Amupanda for a post he made on his Facebook page in July 2021 with a photo of an unknown girl in denim, a white shirt and sunglasses. The post read: “Deputy Minister of Finance Maureen Hinda during the Liberation War. Maureen was such a 'WizWiz'. It's like she wouldn't think twice about taking out a knife."
Hans-Kaumbi argued during the hearing that Amupanda's post attracted widespread attention, with some 2 800 reactions, 39 reposts and 511 comments which she said expressed public ridicule and shame.
Hans-Kaumbi argued that Amupanda subjected her client to sexual insults.
When Hinda-Mbuende was reportedly evaluated by her psychologist, it was allegedly noted that the turn of events had caused "adverse and psychological stress."
Damage to reputation
Hans-Kaumbi argued that her client's reputation was affected not only locally but also internationally, resulting in additional emotional trauma.
During cross-examination, Amupanda denied damaging Hinda-Mbuende's reputation.
"I do not agree with the psychologists' idea of reputation damage, because when she was asked if there was any evaluation on that, she said no, as reputation analysis was not within her scope," Amupanda said in court.CLAIMS
After Amupanda's testimony, High Court judge Collins Parker adjourned the case until 4 April for continuation of the trial.
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