I was born on 25 November 1952 in Johannesburg and grew up in the workers class suburb of Mayfair West. I graduated from high school, where I played rugby for the first team in 1969 and 1970, with a first class and a distinction in History in Dec. 1970.
Qualifications:
B Proc (RAU) LLM (UNISA), BTh (Hons) (UNISA), MA (cum laude) (UPE), PhD (UWC).
I started work as a prosecutor in 1975. When I started studying theology, I worked as a journalist for Beeld in Johannesburg, Pentecostal Pastor for twenty years. Director of the Human Rights and Documentation Centre, UNAM since 2002. Dean since January 2008.
Recently Taught Courses (includes links to each course)
Human Rights Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law (Justice Training Centre).
Field of interest
Human Rights, Constitutionalism, criminal justice.
Research and Publications (includes links to each uploaded publication)
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia (2008): (with Bösl, A.), Windhoek, MacMillan Namibia.
The Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia (2008): (with Bösl, A.), Windhoek, MacMillan Namibia. To be published Nov. 2008.
Commentary of the Criminal Procedure Act of 2004, (2008): (with Schwikkard, P.J.), Windhoek, Orumbonde Press.Namibia,
From Administrative Justice to Human Rights, (2004): published online Windhoek, University of Namibia. Presently offline and under construction.
International Human Rights Norms and Standards: The Development on Namibian Case and Statutory Law, in Horn, N and Bösl, A. (eds.). Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia (2008), Windhoek, Macmillan Namibia.
The Independence of the Judiciary in pre-independence Namibia, in Horn & Bösl (eds), The Independent of the Judiciary in Namibia (2008), Windhoek, Macmillan Namibia.
The Independence of the Prosecutorial Authorities in South Africa and Namibia. A Comparative Study, in ibid.
The Independence of the Legal Profession in Namibia (with Kavendjii, C), in ibid.
Art. 81 of the Namibian Constitution and the New Criminal Procedure Act, 25 of 2004, in Horn, N & Schwikkard, PJ, (eds) Commentary on the Criminal Procedure Act 25 of 2004, (2008) Windhoek, OrumbondePress.
The Namibian Contribution in Heyns, C (ed.), Human Rights Law in Africa 2001, (2004), The Hague, Kluwer Law International.
The Namibian Constitution, (2006) in Robberts, G. (ed), World Encyclopedia of Constitutions, Facts on File Inc.
Criminal or Civil Procedure? The Possibility of a Plea of Autrefois in the Namibian Community Courts Act, (2006) in Hinz, M and Patemann, H, The Shade of New Leaves, Berlin, Lit Verlag.
From Human Rights to Human Wrongs: The Dramatic Roundabout Turn of the Pentecostal Movement, (2006), in Shepherd, F (ed). Human Rights and the Church. To be published by Samford University.
Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech in Namibia, (2009). Namibia Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan. 2009.
African Personnel Services v Government of Namibia and Others, decided on 1 December 2008. Case No. A4/2008 (with K Kangueehi), in ibid.
Minister of Home Affairs versus Van der Berg, Case no. 19/2004, Supreme Court of Namibia, delivered on 12 December 2008. Explataory Summary, in ibid.
Prophetic chiliasm: A Clarion Call for the bride of Christ or a call to enlist in hell’s armies? Re-evaluating the political significance of prophetic chiliasm in Pentecostal thinking, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae XXXIV(2), December 2008.
EDDIE MABO AND NAMIBIA: Land Reform and Human Rights, (2005) Sao Paulo, SUR, Human Rights Journal, No 3.
Human Rights and religion in Namibia (2008), in African Human Rights Journal, Pretoria, Human Rights Centre, University of Pretoria.
Between the Holy Fire and the Fires of Hell: The Dilemma of the White Tribe of Namibia, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Pretoria UNISA.
Pentecostals and Power in the Political Context of South Africa,Dec. 2006 Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pretoria, Unisa.
Power and Empowerment in the Political Context of South Africa, (2005), a somewhat different version of the article listed in 3.5, Journal for the European Pentecostal Theological Association, Banghor, Paternoster (University of Wales, Banghor).
Community Courts In Namibia: Life or Death For Customary Law? (2009) in Hinz, MO, In Search of Justice and Peace. Traditional and Informal Justice Systems in Africa, Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society.
Human Rights Education in Africa, (2009) in Bosl, A and Diescho, J (eds.) Human Rights in Africa, Windhoek: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung & MacMillan
Activities
Editing two new publications, one on the Namibian Constitution, twenty years later, one on Apartheid, twenty years later.
Editor-in-Chief of the Namibian Law Journal.
Finalising a study on the Namibian Constitutional development.
Overseeing two PhD (one co-promoter appointed by UCT) and four LLM students.
Overseeing a research programme on the remaining apartheid legislation on the Namibian law books (for the Office of the Ombudsman).
