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Shanghala: I feel scandalised
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Shanghala: I feel scandalised

Former Cabinet minister Sacky Shanghala has filed an urgent application in the Windhoek High Court to have their trial moved from the Windhoek Correctional Facility to another venue.  Shanghala told Windhoek High Court acting judge Moses Chinhengo on Friday morning he feels “dehumanised and scandalised” every time a journalist points a camera at him.  Shanghala...

Imalwas ge Esaub nî ǁîb marisa ǀgūǀkhāsa xu -‘ǁkhaehesa’ ra ǂhâba
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Imalwas ge Esaub nî ǁîb marisa ǀgūǀkhāsa xu -‘ǁkhaehesa’ ra ǂhâba

Dana ǂNoaba-ao Xenerals, Martha Imalwas ge Dana ǀGapi ǁNâu!gâ!khaib ǁga ǂganamsensa ge dī, ǁnāti ī mā-ams hîa ra mîs, is ǂnoaba-aon nî mātarehe maris, ai!âkam ǁau!khōs ministeri, Bernhardt Esaub disa ǁîb di ǂhanusise a ǂgaeǂgāsa xūn di ǁkhāsiba xu mātarehe ti ra mîs nî ǂgae-oahesa. ǁNāti ī mā-ams ge ǀgūǁ-ae ǀAeǁgams ǀGapi ǁNâu!gâ!khaib ǀGora!gâ-aos, Beatrix...

NSFAF prevails in Nghiwete saga
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NSFAF prevails in Nghiwete saga

The protracted saga of suspended CEO Hilya Nghiwete and the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund has finally been put to bed. This is after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the fund. In a ruling by a full bench of the Supreme Court on Friday, Judge Elton Hoff, who wrote the concurring judgement, found...

Failure not in my dictionary – Katjaimo
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Failure not in my dictionary – Katjaimo

“When you have failed, although the default is to feel like a failure, encourage yourself to rise above your circumstance and keep your goal in view.” This was said by Vendjihonga Katjaimo, a candidate legal practitioner at Uanivi Gaes Inc. Born and raised in Windhoek, she started her education journey at Okaukuejo primary school situated...

Shanghala wants Chinhengo gone 
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Shanghala wants Chinhengo gone 

Disgraced ex-Cabinet minister Sacky Shanghala lodged another application in the Windhoek High Court to have Judge Moses Chinhengo removed from the Fishrot trial. He is seeking leave to cite both Chinhengo and Judge President Petrus Damaseb in an application he plans to bring, to set aside the decision of the President to appoint Chinhengo as...

NEFF embraces landmark judgement 
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NEFF embraces landmark judgement 

Windhoek High Court Judge Thomas Masuku yesterday reversed the decision of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to deregister the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters as a political party. Reacting to the judgement, the NEFF’s deputy leader Kalimbo Ipumbu described itas a landmark ruling, which confirms Namibia’s juristic independence.  He thanked Judge Masuku for delivering a fearless...

Imalwa wants Esau ‘blocked’ from money
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Imalwa wants Esau ‘blocked’ from money

Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against an order that the legal fees of former fisheries minister Bernard Esau can be paid from his restrained assets. The ruling was recently made by Windhoek High Court Judge Beatrix de Jager.  Lawyer Florian Beukes, who has been representing Esau since his...

Alleged pickaxe killer claims self-defence
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Alleged pickaxe killer claims self-defence

A Khorixas resident accused of killing his common-law wife and mother of his two children with a pickaxe claims he hit her in self-defence when he pleaded not guilty before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen. He submitted a plea explanation to the court in which he admitted to beating the deceased with the back...