The Magistrates Commission informed Justice Minister Wise Immanuel on Friday that it had approved a new benefits scale for magistrates and requested that the minister gazette the scale in terms of the law.
Former Minister Sacky Shanghala has asked the High Court to halt his prosecution in the Fishrot case, pending a review of the investigation and legal processes that led to the charges.
The review application seeks to temporarily stop proceedings while the court examines the claims.
The State has filed an application for leave to appeal the decision that granted bail to NAMCOR accused Cedric Willemse.
The State is accusing him of being part of a syndicate involved in misappropriating nearly N$400 million in public funds.
Lawyer Florian Beukes, who represents the Magistrates and Judges Association, has accused Justice Minister Wise Immanuel of referencing laws that do not exist.
The Minister of Justice, Wise Immanuel, has filed an urgent application with the High Court to seek an order declaring the ongoing partial work stoppage by magistrates unlawful.
The matter will be heard on Friday.
The High Court will deliver its ruling on the 18th of November in the interlocutory matter in which Bernadus Swartbooi wants Germany to be joined to a case in which he seeks a declaration by Namibia and Germany to be nullified.
The Electoral Court will on Monday deliver the judgement on an application by the |Khomas Residents and Ratepayers Association to be allowed to take part in the Windhoek City Council election on 26 November.
Court proceedings across the country came to a standstill on Wednesday morning, as magistrates began a strike, leaving accused persons, lawyers, and prosecutors waiting in courtrooms with no presiding officers.
Justice Lotta Ambunda took her oath as a permanent judge of the High Court this morning.
At 38 years old, Ambunda is the youngest High Court Judge on the bench.
Former First Lady Monica Geingos, who serves as co chair of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics said inequality is not inevitable but a political choice.
Geigons said that leaders can break the inequality pandemic cycle by applying the policy solutions proposed by the Council.
