The apex court since independence, applying Roman-Dutch common law inherited through South Africa under a 1990 Constitution that entrenches an unamendable Bill of Rights.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Court of final appeal with constitutional jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Windhoek
- Established
- 1990
- Languages
- English
Where an appeal goes next
Final
Decisions worth knowing
- Digashu and Seiler-Lilles v Government2023
Same-sex marriages validly concluded abroad must be recognised for immigration purposes.
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