DIVORCE MADE EASY: Divorce proceedings in Namibia will enter a new era from Wednesday, 3 June, with the implementation of the Dissolution of Marriages Act (DoMA), which abolishes the country's long-standing fault-based divorce system and replaces it with a framework centred on the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage.
In a guidance note issued on Tuesday, Judge-President Petrus Damaseb described the reform as one of the most significant changes in Namibia's family law history, aimed at reducing hostility between spouses, simplifying divorce procedures and promoting amicable resolution of disputes.
Under the new dispensation, spouses will no longer be required to prove traditional grounds such as adultery, cruelty, malicious desertion or other matrimonial offences to obtain a divorce.
Instead, courts will focus on whether a marriage has broken down beyond realistic restoration.
"The emphasis of the new law is no longer on identifying which spouse is morally blameworthy for the collapse of the marriage," the guidance note states.
The legislation introduces what is commonly known as a "no-fault divorce" system, although courts will still require evidence demonstrating that a marriage has irretrievably broken down before granting a decree of divorce.
Namibian courts should sentence drunk and reckless drivers to hours of community service where they accompany paramedics to accident scenes and spend time assisting at mortuaries during the postmortems of road accident victims, so they can experience the real consequences of DUI.
VERSE OF THE WEEK
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." —John 14:27
Saturday: Both Liverpool and Manchester City lost.
Sunday: Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1.
Monday: Manchester United lose at home to 10 man Everton.
Tuesday: Manchester City lost again.
Wednesday: Liverpool lost again while Arsenal beat Bayern Munich.
What a week.
I honestly don't understand how someone can be an Arsenal fan, they don't win trophies, they don't even play good football most of their goals come from set pieces..I will never understand
This weekend didn't look real without Manchester United playing, I can't lie they bring a different vibes to the weekend..biggest club in English football for a reason 💯
Hey you, yes you....like these photos and then write the name of your town that needs a visit from Uncle Sankwasa X2 in the comments...............................
The NamPower Foundation on Tuesday handed over a three-classroom block at Titus Ndjaba Combined School, as well as a guardroom and school fence at Oluwaya Combined School in the Epembe constituency of the Ohangwena Region. https://t.co/E1XoZm6NLH