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Job Shipululo Amupanda (born 28 August 1987 in Omaalala, Oshana Region) is a Namibian activist, associate professor, and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He was an associate professor at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement set up by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth League in November 2014.
Amupanda was born in northern Namibia, in a village called Omaalala in 1987. He was raised by his grandmother, Theopolina Adolf, whom he used to help sell merchandise as a child.
From 2005, Amupanda studied at the University of Namibia (UNAM), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science, and from 2008 served as the president of the Students' Council, where he gained popularity during his tenure. Amupanda is currently a lecturer at the University of Namibia, as the Academic Dean of Political Science students.
In 2010, he continued his studies at Stellenbosch University, where he graduated with a BA Honors in political science (2010) and an MA in political science (2012). He also holds a BA Honors in history from the University of South Africa. While at Stellenbosch, he founded the Stellenbosch Political Science Students Association (SPOSSA) and served as political education officer and later deputy secretary of the South African Students Congress.[citation needed] He dedicated his master's degree to the children of Namibia, especially those who went to school without shoes. In 2020, he graduated with a PhD in Political Studies at the University of Namibia. His dissertation is titled The Consolidated Diamond Mines and the Natives in Colonial Namibia: A Critical Analysis of the Role of Illegal Diamonds and the Development of Owamboland (1908 - 1990). Amupanda was one of the few radical youths in Namibia and is very outspoken on youth matters. He scooped the Windhoek Observer 2015 award of Newsmaker of the Year in the politics category, where he was competing with, amongst others, President Hage Geingob, and went on to get the Overall Newsmaker award for the year 2015.[citation needed]
In 2015, Amupanda started lecturing on political science at his alma mater, UNAM. A year later, he was appointed Deputy Dean of his faculty, the youngest at the institution at the time. Utaara Mootu, Inna Hengari, Joseph Kalimbwe, and Henny Seibeb were all his students.
Amupanda was first introduced to youth leadership when he was elected to the UNAM SRC in 2007 as secretary for information and publicity. The following year, he became president of the organisation at the age of 22.
In 2013, he joined the SWAPO Party Youth League after being elected as the SPYL secretary for mobilization and information by the structures of the youth wing. While at the party's youth organization, he advocated for land reforms and the democratization of state institutions. However, his stance of giving land to the landless Namibians was met with disagreements among the top four of the SWAPO Party, which included President Hifikepunye Pohamba, his then deputy Hage Geingob, party Secretary General Nangolo Mbumba, and his deputy, who together ruled to remove and expel Amupanda along with Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, George Kambala, and Elijah Ngurare from the party. After his expulsion from the party, Amupanda formed the Affirmative Repositioning movement to advocate for land and other issues affecting youths in Namibia.
Amupanda has represented the Windhoek Council as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) since April 2022.
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Job Amupanda
Job Shipululo Amupanda (born 28 August 1987 in Omaalala, Oshana Region) is a Namibian activist, associate professor, and politician who served as Mayor of the City of Windhoek, in office from 2 December 2020 to 1 December 2021. He was an associate professor at the University of Namibia before he co-founded the Affirmative Repositioning movement, a movement set up by radical youth activists of the SWAPO Party Youth League in November 2014.
Amupanda was born in northern Namibia, in a village called Omaalala in 1987. He was raised by his grandmother, Theopolina Adolf, whom he used to help sell merchandise as a child.
From 2005, Amupanda studied at the University of Namibia (UNAM), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science, and from 2008 served as the president of the Students' Council, where he gained popularity during his tenure. Amupanda is currently a lecturer at the University of Namibia, as the Academic Dean of Political Science students.
In 2010, he continued his studies at Stellenbosch University, where he graduated with a BA Honors in political science (2010) and an MA in political science (2012). He also holds a BA Honors in history from the University of South Africa. While at Stellenbosch, he founded the Stellenbosch Political Science Students Association (SPOSSA) and served as political education officer and later deputy secretary of the South African Students Congress.[citation needed] He dedicated his master's degree to the children of Namibia, especially those who went to school without shoes. In 2020, he graduated with a PhD in Political Studies at the University of Namibia. His dissertation is titled The Consolidated Diamond Mines and the Natives in Colonial Namibia: A Critical Analysis of the Role of Illegal Diamonds and the Development of Owamboland (1908 - 1990). Amupanda was one of the few radical youths in Namibia and is very outspoken on youth matters. He scooped the Windhoek Observer 2015 award of Newsmaker of the Year in the politics category, where he was competing with, amongst others, President Hage Geingob, and went on to get the Overall Newsmaker award for the year 2015.[citation needed]
In 2015, Amupanda started lecturing on political science at his alma mater, UNAM. A year later, he was appointed Deputy Dean of his faculty, the youngest at the institution at the time. Utaara Mootu, Inna Hengari, Joseph Kalimbwe, and Henny Seibeb were all his students.
Amupanda was first introduced to youth leadership when he was elected to the UNAM SRC in 2007 as secretary for information and publicity. The following year, he became president of the organisation at the age of 22.
In 2013, he joined the SWAPO Party Youth League after being elected as the SPYL secretary for mobilization and information by the structures of the youth wing. While at the party's youth organization, he advocated for land reforms and the democratization of state institutions. However, his stance of giving land to the landless Namibians was met with disagreements among the top four of the SWAPO Party, which included President Hifikepunye Pohamba, his then deputy Hage Geingob, party Secretary General Nangolo Mbumba, and his deputy, who together ruled to remove and expel Amupanda along with Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, George Kambala, and Elijah Ngurare from the party. After his expulsion from the party, Amupanda formed the Affirmative Repositioning movement to advocate for land and other issues affecting youths in Namibia.
Amupanda has represented the Windhoek Council as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) since April 2022.
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