High Court judge Marelize du Plessis has turned down requests by several accused in the Fishrot corruption case to delay the trial.

The appeal against the refusal of bail for the NAMCOR corruption accused persons will be heard in the Windhoek High Court from 14 to 16 January.

The appeal is against a magistrate’s refusal to grant bail.

Justice Philanda Christiaan and Justice Eileen Rakow will hear the matter.

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.

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.

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.

The dispute over the 2021 Rehoboth Baster chieftainship election will be heard in the Supreme Court, where appellant Rynault van Wyk is challenging a High Court decision that dismissed his application contesting the election’s validity.

High Court Judge Marlize du Plessis has dismissed an application by Fishrot accused Sacky Shanghala for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Judge Du Plessis ruled that Shanghala failed to present exceptional circumstances that would justify granting leave to appeal. 

The ||Kharas Regional Council has been defying a court order of N$318,000 that was issued by the High Court in September 2020.

The court order relates to a tender signed between the Regional Council and Integrity Trading Enterprises for the construction of ablution facilities in Koës for N$2.3 million.