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S V Lifumbela And Others 2022 (1) Nr 205 (Sc), Dunia P. Zongwe
S V Lifumbela And Others 2022 (1) Nr 205 (Sc), Dunia P. Zongwe
SAIPAR Case Review
The Lifumbela case stems straight from the High Treason Trial, Namibia’s longest and – probably – most expensive judicial saga. In S v Lifumbela, the Supreme Court of Namibia had to settle an appeal against the convictions and sentences of 30 accused implicated in the High Treason Trial. Despite the big stakes involved in this matter, the apex court did not manage to rise to this once-in-a-lifetime occasion and seize this historic moment.
By confirming that the appellants committed high treason, murder, and attempted murder on the basis of conspiracy (i.e., an incomplete crime), the Namibian Supreme Court upended the …