High Court judge Esi Schimming-Chase has been appointed as a judge of Namibia’s Supreme Court, the Office of the Judiciary announced on Tuesday.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appointed Schimming-Chase as an appeal judge of Namibia’s top court from the start of March on a recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, the commission’s secretary, Elias Shikongo, announced in a statement released by the Office of the Judiciary.
Schimming-Chase is the first woman appointed as a permanent judge of the Supreme Court, Shikongo noted.
She has been a judge of the High Court since April 2021, and has been serving as an acting judge of appeal of the Supreme Court since April 2023.
Schimming-Chase was previously practising law as a member of the Society of Advocates of Namibia from 2003 to 2021. During that time, she served as an acting judge of the High Court on several occasions.
Shikongo also announced the appointment of five acting judges of appeal of the Supreme Court.
The president appointed current acting appeal judges Theo Frank, Dave Smuts and Rita Makarau for a year starting from 1 January, and also appointed High Court deputy judges president Shafimana Ueitele and Hannelie Prinsloo, from 1 January to the end of 2026, it was announced.
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