Namibia: Retired Chief Justice Strydom Dies

The Office of the Judiciary has announced the death of retired chief justice Johan Strydom.

Strydom died at Swakopmund at the age of 88 on Friday, chief justice Peter Shivute says in a statement released by the Office of the Judiciary.

Strydom served as the first judge president of Namibia’s High Court after the country’s independence in 1990.

He was appointed as Namibia’s third chief justice in 1999, when he succeeded the previous chief justice, Ishmail Mahomed.

Strydom served as chief justice…