Minister Yvonne Dausab has withdrawn a legal practioner's appointment as a lawyer for Legal Aid clients. The Minister of Justice's appointment comes shortly after lawyer Eva Nangolo drew wide condemnation for her latest post that partly praised the Damara community before sharing stereotypes she has held about the community. The lawyer praised the Damara community for adopting a traditional dress they had had for more than a century during a ceremony over the last weekend in Windhoek. However, she proceeded to portray the community as one she has known for violence and crime. She has yet to give a public...

An interest in current affairs shared on social media and two remarks against the Damara tribe have finally drawn the attention of Namibians to a lawyer working for the State. " Food Bank is a typical Damara mentality thing...begging bowl day after day. It's disgusting way of living and must end," Lawyer Eva Nangolo replied to Muchali Mulife's tweet in support of the measure. But she went a step too far when she boldly proclaimed that "For once, the Damara people are doing something beautiful, cultural identity." She was referring to the community's launch of their cultural dress in a...

Members of the LGBTQ community in Namibia pose in front of the Windhoek High Court as they fight for equal rights (source: Equal Namibia on Instagram) The 4 year old boy, who became Namibian, following a judgment in the High Court 2 years ago, was born through surrogacy in South Africa. A five-judge bench of that Court has found that Phillip Luhl, who is the Namibian father of a child identified as YDL, should have registered his son at a Namibian diplomatic office in the country of birth for the child to claim that right. Chief Justice Peter Shivute, Deputy...

The Fishrot accused persons' appeal has helped the Supreme Court zoom into the right to bail for those who may enforce the right to liberty. Left: Justice Theo Frank of the Supreme Court of NamibiaAbove: Pius Mwatelulo, Tamson Hatuikulipi, Ricardo Guastovo, James Hatuikulipi and former ministers Sackey Shanghala and Bernard Esau The court says unlike South Africa which has a constitutional right to bail, Namibia has a constitutional right to apply for bail, which a court may grant or refuse. He says any person arrested in Namibia has a right to apply for bail, but not a right to be...

Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi photo courtesy of the Namibian newspaper In one of the most alarming caution the Namibian Police has released, it is warning those who buy cookies on the street that they could be laced with a drug to induce addiction. She says that they have arrested a number of people in Windhoek and Katima Mulilo selling cookies and brownies laced with the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Some cookies and brownies laced with the drug A man 23 year old man police arrested at Pioneerspark in Windhoek had on him some 103 cookies and brownies he had been selling laced...

Former special advisor Vincent Likoro in court: photo courtesy of The Namibian The former special advisor sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a colleague a Rundu has exhausted his lifelines. The Supreme Court has worked back on several irregularities that have occurred to bring his appeal of the rape conviction and sentence in order to arrive at its decision. That decision is that Likoro should not have been granted permission to appeal in the first place. Judges Christie Liebenberg and Dina Usiku had refused Likoro permission to appeal his conviction and sentence in December 2017. However, in an...

Former Paramountcy Secretary General and leader of one group of Ovaherer, Professor Mutjinde Katjiua Judge Herman Oosthuizen has dismissed with cost an urgent case Professor Mutjinde Katjiua had brought to try and stop Ombara Vipuira Kapuuo from holding a meeting at Okandjira and seizing an Ovaherero Traditional Authority account. Judge Oosthuizen says Katjiua lacks the authority to bring the application because his appointment may have been outside the Traditional Authorities Act (TAA) he sought to rely on. He says that Katjiua could find his authority as leader by premising his appointment on the appropriate provisions of the Traditional Authorities Act....

Stockley Kauojao left with co-accused Muvare Kaporo and Mathew Kakururume in D Courtroom of the Windhoek High Court The first day of the resumption of trial into Aminuis community police officer Wilfred Kazeurua’s murder followed a frustrating script for his relatives who drove long distances to attend court.Stockley Kauojao refused to testify in his defence and responded to all questions by saying that his right to fair trial was being violated. He repeatedly gave Lawyer Jan Wessels that response to a series of questions over calls Kauojao placed to Farm Brazil headman, Jesaya Daniel and witness Usiel Kamutjemo. Wessels wanted...

First Lady Monica Geingob above in this photo courtesy of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Foundation 11 February 2022 The Windhoek High Court grants First Lady Monica Geingos N$ 250 000 in defamation damages and legal cost at the conclusion of a lawsuit against Abed Hishoono. This was not a case that went to trial with the defendant not knowing what he had done. Hishoono had tendered an apology First Lady Geingos rejected as insincere.  He had said in a video that went viral that Geingos’ son was fathered by Fishrot accused James Hatuikulipi and that he arranged her wedding to...