Opposition parties that dragged the Speaker of the National Assembly and President Hage Geingob to Court in 2021 over the appointment of the ACC Director General and his deputy will have to pay over N$500,000 in legal costs.

Seven opposition parties out of a total of ten challenged the constitutionality of the proclamation issued by President Geingob, which called for a special session of the National Assembly, resulting in the endorsement of Paulus Noa and his deputy Erna van der Merwe for another five years.

A High Court Judge in 2021 ruled the matter did not qualify to be heard on an urgent basis. The applicants and the respondents were to meet with the registrar on Thursday to determine how the cost of the urgent application, which the opposition lost, would be settled.