The South African Supreme Court has set aside judgement on the burial dispute of the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu.

Former Justice Minister Sacky Shanghala was dealt a blow today after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order confirming the restraint of assets linked to the Fishrot corruption case.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has congratulated Esi Malaika Schimming-Chase on becoming Namibia's first female judge of the Supreme Court.

In a statement, the President highlighted Namibia's progress in women's emancipation, noting the presence of women in top leadership roles.

Justice Esi Schimming-Chase was sworn in this morning as a judge of the Supreme Court.

Schimming-Chase is the first woman to be permanently appointed to the apex court.

The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling that prevented the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) from calling Maren de Klerk to testify via video link in its civil case linked to the Fishrot scandal.

The dispute over the 2021 Rehoboth Baster chieftainship election will be heard in the Supreme Court, where appellant Rynault van Wyk is challenging a High Court decision that dismissed his application contesting the election’s validity.

High Court Judge Marlize du Plessis has dismissed an application by Fishrot accused Sacky Shanghala for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Judge Du Plessis ruled that Shanghala failed to present exceptional circumstances that would justify granting leave to appeal. 

Former Justice Minister Sakeus Shanghala and his co-accused, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo, who are all implicated in the long-running Fishrot corruption case, have approached the Supreme Court to overturn a High Court ruling that upheld the appointment of former Acting Judge Moses Chinhengo.

After a decade of uncertainty, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Eugene Siwombe Kudumo as Chief of the Ukwangali Traditional Authority.

The ruling marks a turning point for the Ukwangali community, which has been without a chief since the death of Sitentu Mpasi a decade ago.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Windhoek Municipal Council in a legal dispute with Lady Pohamba Private Hospital over the operation of a private medical waste treatment plant. 

The ruling reverses a 2022 decision from the High Court that favoured the hospital.