Namibia: Court Setback for Suspended Windhoek CEO

20 November 2018

An attempt by City of Windhoek chief executive officer Robert Kahimise to obtain a court order to have his suspension lifted and get reinstated in his post has failed to get over the first hurdle in the Labour Court.

The case Kahimise lodged against the Municipal Council of Windhoek, 10 of the local authority's councillors and the urban development minister on 9 November did not meet the requirements to be heard on an urgent basis, acting judge Collins Parker ruled after hearing oral arguments only on the urgency of the matter - or lack of it - in the Windhoek Labour Court this morning.

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