indeed, an issue of Informante which she says she relied on in her letter (Exh A), which, in turn has numbed her conscience to the extent that she has failed and has refused to do the right thing by apologizing to the plaintiff through, for instance, well-meaning reputable and respectable intermediaries within their community. (2) There is the unproven imputation of adultery to a married woman who is a Deputy Commissioner of NAMPOL who the society and the community expect to have character and self-respect and scruples. (3) I have found previously that there is no credible evidence linking the defendant to the republication of the defamatory matter in the Informante, a free newspaper at all material times which is available to any person in Namibia who has eyes with which to see and who has a hand with which to pick a copy from the various Informante stands. Nevertheless, it was the defendant’s Exh A which was the ‘big bang’ that created the article in the Informante. She must therefore take some blame for being the source of the news item. To say otherwise is to take an unintelligent view of human experience. Be that as it may, having taken counsel from Trustco Group International v Shikongo supra and, indeed, having taken into account Mr Namandje’s gracious concession and all the circumstances of the case, I consider that an award of N$30,000.00 is appropriate and reasonable. [18] Whereupon the following order is made: 1. Judgment is granted against the defendant in the amount of N$30,000.00. 2. The defendant must pay interest on the N$30,000.00 at the rate of 20% per calculated from the date of judgment to the date of payment.
indeed, an issue of Informante which she says she relied on in her letter (Exh A), which, in turn has numbed her conscience to the extent that she has failed and has refused to do the right thing by apologizing to the plaintiff through, for instance, well-meaning reputable and respectable intermediaries within their community. (2) There is the unproven imputation of adultery to a married woman who is a Deputy Commissioner of NAMPOL who the society and the community expect to have character and self-respect and scruples. (3) I have found previously that there is no credible evidence linking the defendant to the republication of the defamatory matter in the Informante, a free newspaper at all material times which is available to any person in Namibia who has eyes with which to see and who has a hand with which to pick a copy from the various Informante stands. Nevertheless, it was the defendant’s Exh A which was the ‘big bang’ that created the article in the Informante. She must therefore take some blame for being the source of the news item. To say otherwise is to take an unintelligent view of human experience. Be that as it may, having taken counsel from Trustco Group International v Shikongo supra and, indeed, having taken into account Mr Namandje’s gracious concession and all the circumstances of the case, I consider that an award of N$30,000.00 is appropriate and reasonable. [18] Whereupon the following order is made: 1. Judgment is granted against the defendant in the amount of N$30,000.00. 2. The defendant must pay interest on the N$30,000.00 at the rate of 20% per calculated from the date of judgment to the date of payment.
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