Job narates that he need only think of a day in the future when his daughter asks:
“Where were you and what did you do when Namibia began to degenerate? What did you, Daddy, do when things began to get worse?”
Job Shipululo Amupanda is a Namibian radical activist who has served as an activist
since high school, both in Namibia and South Africa. A Political Scientist by training, he holds Honours & Master degrees in Political Science
and is the author of the book “Truth is Truth: Selected Works of an Activist”, published
in 2014.
After completing his master’s degree in 2011 at the University of Stellenbosch, he
rejected lucrative job offers in South Africa and Namibia, he established the ‘Omaalala Youth Development Club.’ In 2012, he was
elected with the highest votes to the central committee of the ruling party youth wing,
the SPYL, later becoming its spokesperson.
He was suspended by the top four ruling party
leaders in 2014 for championing the struggle for the landless youth under the banner of
“Affirmative Repositioning.” He has been a Quality Assurance Coordinator at the Centre
for Quality Assurance and Management at the University of Namibia where he also lectures political science.
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