{"id":16382,"date":"2022-04-05T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/court-sets-aside-designation-of-witbooi-traditional-leader"},"modified":"2022-04-05T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:58:27","slug":"court-sets-aside-designation-of-witbooi-traditional-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/court-sets-aside-designation-of-witbooi-traditional-leader","title":{"rendered":"Court sets aside designation of Witbooi traditional leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>High Court judge Thomas Masuku has reviewed and set aside former minister of urban and rural development Peya Mushelenga&#8217;s decision to designate Hendrik Ismael Witbooi as leader of the Witbooi Traditional Authority.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday, Masuku set aside Mushelenga&#8217;s designation of Witbooi as traditional leader, or kaptein, of the Witbooi community in April and May 2019. The judge also set aside the president&#8217;s recognition of Witbooi as traditional leader in a proclamation published in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A cousin and leadership rival of Witbooi, Salomon Josephat Witbooi, and four members of their community challenged Ismael Witbooi&#8217;s designation as chief in a case first filed at the court in June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Salomon Witbooi is a former Namibian high commissioner to Zambia. The two leadership rivals are both nephews of the late kaptein Hendrik Witbooi, who served as a Cabinet minister and as deputy prime minister of Namibia before his death in October 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Ismael Witbooi was officially recognised as traditional leader after the Witbooi community&#8217;s previous acting kaptein, Christiaan Rooi, died in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. High Court judge Thomas Masuku has reviewed and set aside former minister of urban and rural development Peya Mushelenga&#8217;s decision to designate Hendrik Ismael Witbooi as leader of the Witbooi Traditional Authority. 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