Dishonesty, trust, and dismissal in the employment relationship A common misconception among employers is that an employee cannot be disciplined, still less dismissed, for dishonest conduct unless that conduct is expressly recorded as a transgression in a workplace policy or disciplinary code, together with a stipulated sanction. The judgment of the Labour Court of Namibia in Melbro Retail (Pty) Ltd (t/a The Crazy Store) v Matheus (HC-MD-LAB-APP-AAA-2025/00015) [2025] NALCMD

Who's allowed to start a competition law investigation in Namibia? Two 2026 judgments just answered that and it's not who you'd expect. Two judgments delivered in the first half of 2026 have reshaped how competition investigations must begin in Namibia and cast doubt over a large body of investigations already at various stages. Together, the Supreme Court’s decision in Namibian Competition Commission v Pharmaceutical Society of Namibia (21 January 2026) and the High Court’s

How Namibia Rewrote the Rules on Execution Against Immovable Property Execution against a primary home was previously a relatively short, largely mechanical process: prove the debtor has insufficient movable property, apply to have the house declared executable, and auction it for at least 75% of its municipal value. Government Notice 208/2025 — refined by GN 114/2026 and giving effect to section 35A of the High Court Act — replaced that process with a structured inquiry. Fou