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The Supreme Court is the highest national forum of appeal. It has inherent jurisdiction over all legal matters in Namibia. It adjudicates, according to art 79 of the Constitution, appeals emanating from the High Court, including appeals which involve the interpretation, implementation and upholding of the Constitution and the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed therein.
Namibia had already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264, in the late 1960s. [2] Windhoek, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa Before 1992: 011 xxx xxxx After 1992: 00 27 11 xxx xxxx [3] Johannesburg, South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia Before 1992: 061 xxx xxx After 1992: 09 264 61 xxx xxx [4]
Established in 1990, the Ministry of Justice of Namibia provides court representation to ministries, offices, agencies, the master of the High Court, the speaker of the National Assembly, the prosecutor-general, magistrates, the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, regional councils, recognized traditional authorities, and entities associated with the ...
Namibia's Supreme Court was founded on 21 March 1990, the day of Namibian Independence. Although it has the Supreme Court of South West Africa as its predecessor, the latter was not a supreme court in the sense that appeals against its rulings would be allowed; the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa would hear those, and they would be prosecuted by the Supreme Court of ...
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Dave Smuts (David Smuts) is as of 2023 one of the four judges on the Supreme Court of Namibia [1] and the founder of the Legal Assistance Centre. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School. [2] Smuts began practising law in 1980. [2] He assisted in founding Namibia's largest newspaper The Namibian in 1985. [3]
Namibia has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, [1] formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which there are many variations depending on the tribal origin).
The chief justice of Namibia, sometimes also referred to as the judge president, is the head of the Supreme Court of Namibia, the highest appellate court in Namibia. It is the highest post in the Namibian judicial system, presiding over the operation of the supreme court. The position was created on 21 March 1990, the day of Namibian ...