Thomas Masuku

06 Aug

Defamation judgements should serve as lessons

ObserverNational NewsAbed Bishop Hishoono, Defamation judgements should serve as lessons, Hishoono is the Ohangwena, Thomas Masuku

Tujoromajo Kasuto RENOWNED High Court Judge Thomas Masuku in a judgement delivered today in a defamation of character case, reprimanded that court judgments are not only for the sued participants but also for members of the public to wisely embrace any lessons, directions freely offered to them and identify behaviour, actions, or conduct on their part worth ceasing or shunning. He said that prior defamation cases and judgement ‘’have either fallen by the wayside or, at worst, been eaten by the birds of the air,’’ similar to the parable of the sower in the Bible. Masuku observes that the judgments…

Same-sex couple loses court bid

ObserverObserver MoneyHigh Court Judge, Philip Lühl, Supreme Court, Thomas Masuku

Rose-Mary Haufiku High Court Judge, Thomas Masuku, on Monday dismissed an urgent application by same-sex couple, Philip Lühl, and Guillermo Delgado, to have their recently born twin daughters, currently in South Africa, granted emergency travel documents. In their application, Lühl, Namibian, and Delgado, Mexican, were seeking an order compelling Minister of Home Affairs, Frans Kapofi, to grant the children travel documents to travel to Namibia. The Judge argued that the court would be overreaching if it were to grant the order. In the ruling, the High Court held that the applicant ought to have filed an application for the issuance…