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New shareholder   to kick start Sperrgebiet mining
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New shareholder  to kick start Sperrgebiet mining

Sperrgebiet Diamond Mining (Pty) (SDM) this week confirmed a majority equity investment by Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM). The new shareholders, the company’s board and management stated they eagerly look forward to operations at SDM to restart and for the company to become a sustainable development partner to the local community, the Lüderitz economy and Namibia at large.

Opinion –  Recourse for youthful ‘idle hands’
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Opinion – Recourse for youthful ‘idle hands’

The tendency of not having much productive to do in society while not lacking the ability to be productive is referred to as “idle hands” in this piece. Many times, the phrase “idle hands” is intertwined with terminologies such as boredom and unemployment.

Letter – Women for leadership, the surest way to bring about real change
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Letter – Women for leadership, the surest way to bring about real change

In some community teeming with traditional, cultural, ethnic and tribal diversity, there arose a need to elect a leader. Located in the central part of Namibia, a vibrant community of five-thousand inhabitants fomented by ethnic and tribal upheaval in home countries, the Refugee Camp is a convergence centre for Angolan, Congolese, Burundian, Rwandese, Cameroonian, Nigerian and Zimbabwean families.

LEX SCRIPTA with Fedden Mainga Mukwata – S v Petrus (CR 91-2022) [2022] NAHCMD 452 (01 September 2022) – Criminal law –
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LEX SCRIPTA with Fedden Mainga Mukwata – S v Petrus (CR 91-2022) [2022] NAHCMD 452 (01 September 2022) – Criminal law –

The accused was convicted of two counts in the district court of Swakopmund. In respect of count 1, he was convicted of negligent driving in contravention of section 80 of the Road Traffic and Transportation Act 22 of 1999 as amended and sentenced to pay a fine of N$2 000, or 12 months imprisonment. In respect of count 2, he was convicted of failure to ascertain damages in contravention of section

Judge recusal application freezes Fishrot case
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Judge recusal application freezes Fishrot case

Trevor Brockerhoff, the lawyer of Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo, on Wednesday informed Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Kobus Miller that they are still waiting on the outcome of their petition to appeal his decision not to recuse himself from the trial for perceived bias.