Only five percent of Namibians can afford legal costs

Martin Endjala Staggering statistics by Minister of Agriculture Water and Land Reform, Calle Schleittwein suggest that only five percent of Namibians can afford legal costs.The Minister said that these statistics do not paint a good picture of the government, particularly when it continues to regulate, fine and criminalise people that contravene the laws of the land. “We continue making more regulations and we criminalise them and when punished these people are left to pay for extremely expensive legal costs,” the minister said. The Minister shared these sentiments yesterday during the parliament session where he argued that these legal costs have…