The Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations says it does not wish to be drawn into commenting on the remuneration of individual public prosecutors amid allegations raised in the Windhoek High Court over pay disparities in the Fishrot corruption trial.
Legal Aid funding has taken centre stage in the Fishrot corruption trial, with defense lawyers telling the Windhoek High Court that they are not paid to prepare for trial.
The Windhoek High Court heard on Monday that lawyers appointed under Legal Aid in the Fishrot corruption case are not paid for preparing for trial but only for the days they physically appear in court; this situation, defence lawyers say, makes timely trial readiness impossible.
State Advocate Lilungwe Basson, this morning, told the Windhoek High Court that the State is not ready to proceed with the appeal of the bail application by Peter and Malakia Elindi and former Namcor executives Immanuel Mulunga, Jennifer Hamukwaya, Olivia Dunaiski, and Leo Nandago.
A magistrate found the evidence of one accused in the alleged multi-million-dollar Namcor corruption case to be truthful but ordered that she remain behind bars.
The Elindi brothers have taken their fight for freedom to the Windhoek High Court, arguing that the magistrate who denied them bail treated their evidence unfairly and branded them liars without justification.
A ruling by a full bench of the Windhoek High Court has shifted the trajectory of the legal fight over the 2021 Namibia-Germany joint declaration on the 1904-08 Ovaherero and Nama genocide.
The court has decided not to add Germany as a respondent in the case, at least for the time being.
The Fishrot accused have made another attempt to challenge the decision by corrections authorities to transfer them to a public space within the Windhoek Correctional Facility, where they would be housed with the general population. They approached the Windhoek High Court for this purpose.
The Windhoek High Court has postponed its judgement in the application by Fishrot accused Nigel van Wyk, who is seeking to have nine charges against him dismissed.
The Windhoek High Court will rule on January 30 whether Nigel Van Wyk, an accused in the high-profile Fishrot corruption case, will continue to face certain charges.
