Namibia's judiciary has partnered with the United States Pepperdine University to train judges, lawyers, and mediators on strengthening capacity for the implementation of plea bargaining in the criminal justice system and to expand knowledge and skills in commercial mediation for civil matters. 

The civil case in which Keetmanshoop magistrate Unchen Konjore is being sued for N$500,000 has been referred to mediation scheduled for September 19.