Court Orders NDF to Reinstate Recruited Trainee. The High Court has ruled that 19-year-old Joel Velipufye Jacob must be reinstated into the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) training programme after being removed without explanation earlier this month.
Acting Judge Gerson Narib ordered Jacob to report back to the training facility by 26 May. Jacob had passed all recruitment stages but was taken off the final list shortly before training began.
His legal representative, Nambili Mhata, filed an urgent application challenging the decision as unconstitutional and unlawful. The court found in Jacob’s favour, directing the NDF to reinstate him immediately, regardless of the training’s current status.