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Namibia at the crossroads – bills  prohibiting same-sex marriage
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Namibia at the crossroads – bills prohibiting same-sex marriage

In recent months, since the Supreme Court ruling in the Digashu case, Namibia has witnessed expressions of mixed emotions and opinions with reference to the Supreme Court ruling that the term ‘spouse’ in Section 2(1)(c) of the Immigration Control Act 7 of 1993 is to be interpreted to include same-sex spouses who are lawfully married in another country. 

LEX SCRIPTA with Fedden Mainga Mukwata – Case law on severance pay
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LEX SCRIPTA with Fedden Mainga Mukwata – Case law on severance pay

The respondent was employed by the appellant as a ‘skipper’ on its vessels between the periods 16 October 2002 to 15 December 2011 when his employment was terminated, allegedly for operational and economic reasons. On 13 March 2012, the respondent, in terms of ss 82(7) and 86 of the Labour Act, 2007, referred a dispute of unfair dismissal (retrenchment) to the Office of the Labour Commissioner for