Dave Smuts

Dave Smuts is a judge on the Supreme Court of Namibia and the founder of the Legal Assistance Centre. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.[1]

Smuts began practising law in 1980.[1] He assisted in founding Namibia's largest newspaper The Namibian in 1985.[2] In 1988, Smuts founded Namibia's Legal Assistance Centre whose stated goal is to address human rights injustices perpetrated by apartheid era government in Namibia.[3] In 1992, he left the Legal Assistance Centre and started his own private practice.

Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2015,[4] Smuts was appointed a judge in Namibia's High Court in 2010.[5]

References
  1. Kahiurika, N (16 May 2019). "American academy elects judge Smuts". The Namibian. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. "Namibia". Index on Censorship. 21 (4): 68–72. 1992. doi:10.1080/03064229208535345.
  3. "History". Legal Assistance Centre. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. Endjala, S (6 February 2015). "Smuts sworn-in as Permanent Judge of Appeals". NAMPA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. Menges, W (20 December 2010). "Smuts to join High Court bench". The Namibian. Retrieved 15 August 2019.


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