Legal analyst Yarukeekuro Ndorokaze has called for a review of Namibia's Electoral Act following the Supreme Court's Friday ruling that both the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) and President Nangolo Mbumba acted lawfully in extending the election period.
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgement on February 28 in the case challenging President Nangolo Mbumba’s decision to extend the recent presidential election.
The Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal that could change how parole is applied to life-sentenced prisoners.
The case involves Thomas Florin, who was convicted of murdering and cooking his wife, Monika Florin, in Swakopmund in December, 1999.
The judiciary marked a historic transition today as it bid farewell to Justice Dave Smuts and welcomed Justice Hosea Angula to the Supreme Court.
Justice Hosea Angula has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court, effective 1 December.
President Nangolo Mbumba made the appointment following the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission.
The National Council members still expressed reservations regarding the proposal to legalise same-sex marriage in Namibia, citing traditional norms where such unions were not historically recognised.
The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by imprisoned former MP Geoffrey Mwilima on Thursday.
The 68-year-old Mwilima has been in jail since August 1999, following his arrest in the wake of secessionist attacks that took place at Katima Mulilo in the then-Caprivi Region.
In a landmark ruling, the Namibian Supreme Court delivered a verdict on a contentious land acquisition case, overturning parts of a High Court judgement.
It is back to the drawing board for the Witbooi Royal House, following a failed appeal to the Supreme Court by the sitting Kaptein Hendrik Ismael Witbooi.
The Supreme Court Justice Rita Makarau dismissed the appeal by the sitting Kaptein and concurred with the judgement of the High Court in the main.
The Supreme Court today reserved judgement in a case that has been running for over 20 years, in which a litigant refuses to part with his house after a default judgement was issued by the Registrar of the High Court in 2001.
