{"id":126,"date":"2019-11-20T11:54:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lac.org.na\/wordpress\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:49:52","slug":"former-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/index.php\/about-us\/former-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;1509,1128&#8243; img_size=&#8221;1470&#215;450&#8243; speed=&#8221;3000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>DIRECTORS<\/strong><br \/>\nNorman Tjombe 2004-2010<br \/>\nClement Daniels 2000-2004<br \/>\nAndrew Corbett 1992-1999<br \/>\nDavid Smuts (founding director) 1988-1992<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>MANAGERS<\/strong><br \/>\nToivo Shovaleka<br \/>\nBisey Uirab<br \/>\nJan Webster<br \/>\nEva Weitz<br \/>\nAnnie Zapke<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>PROJECT COORDINATORS<\/strong><br \/>\nMichaela Clayton\u00a0<em>(ALU)<\/em><br \/>\nDelme Cupido<em>\u00a0(ALU)<\/em><br \/>\nMilly Jafta<em>\u00a0(Legal Education Project)<\/em><br \/>\nVemunavi\u00a0<em>(&#8216;Steve&#8217;)<\/em>\u00a0Katjiuanjo<em>\u00a0(Farmworkers Project)<\/em><br \/>\nClinton Light\u00a0<em>(HURICON)<\/em><br \/>\nJohn Nakuta\u00a0<em>(Legal Education Project)<\/em><br \/>\nRosa Namises\u00a0<em>(Legal Education Project)<\/em><br \/>\nPero Nampila\u00a0<em>(Legal Education Project)<\/em><br \/>\nDoris Roos\u00a0<em>(Juvenile Justice Project)<\/em><br \/>\nJonah Ndumba Kamwanyah\u00a0<em>(Juvenile Justice Project)<\/em><br \/>\nElly Shipiki<em>\u00a0(Community Paralegal Training Project)<\/em><br \/>\nSilas (Kishi) Shakumu\u00a0<em>(Legal Education Project)<\/em><br \/>\nNina Wessels\u00a0<em>(Pilot Juvenile Justice Project)<\/em><br \/>\nCeleste Zaahl<em>\u00a0(Child Justice Project)<\/em><br \/>\nEvelyn Zimba<em>\u00a0(LEAD)<\/em><br \/>\nLinda Dumba-Chicalu<em>\u00a0(HURICON)<\/em><br \/>\nAmon Ngavetene\u00a0<em>(ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/willem-odendaal-6a442a45\">Willem Odendaal<\/a>\u00a0<em>(LEAD)<br \/>\n<\/em>Sharen Zenda\u00a0<em>(SJP)<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"mailto:dhubb@africaonline.com.na\">Dianne Hubbard<\/a><em> (GRAP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>LEGAL PRACTITIONERS<\/strong><br \/>\nSackeus Akweenda<em>\u00a0(Legal researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nTenu Avafia<br \/>\nMohammed Bham<br \/>\nWerner Boesak<br \/>\nYvonne Dausas<br \/>\nMark Euijen<br \/>\nBience Gawanas<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>(Legal researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nBeatrix Greyvenstein<br \/>\nRoswitha Gomachas<br \/>\nColin Kahanovitz<br \/>\nErenstine Kalomo<br \/>\nLibertha Kapere<br \/>\nJohann Malan<br \/>\nClinton Light (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.younghunter.co.nz\/team\/clinton-light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>now in NZ<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\nDamoline Muruko<br \/>\nLeon Moller<br \/>\nGerson !Narib<br \/>\nMercedes Ovis<em>\u00a0(GR&amp;AP Legal researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nGail Super<br \/>\nAndrea Townsend<br \/>\nLesle Jansen\u00a0<em>(Legal Consultant)<br \/>\n<\/em>Adv.Lynita Conradie\u00a0<em>(Editor of the Namibian Law Reports &amp; In-house Counsel)<\/em><br \/>\nRicardo Mukonda\u00a0<em>(Legal Practitioner)<br \/>\n<\/em>Bradley Khoa <em>(Candidate to Legal Practitioner &#8211; 2021)<br \/>\n<\/em>Rugare Pazakavambwa<em>(Candidate and Legal Practitioner &#8211; 2022)<br \/>\n<\/em>Immanuel Ndatile Tomas<em>(Candidate to Legal Practitioner &#8211; 2022)<br \/>\n<\/em>Uaraera Raandjua Tjaveondja <em>(Research and Legal Practitioner &#8211; 2023)<br \/>\n<\/em>Robert Xamseb <em>(Candidate to Legal Practitioner &#8211; 2023)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong>ADVICE OFFICE COORDINATORS\/PARALEGALS<\/strong><br \/>\nAbel Augustinio<em>\u00a0(Opuwo)<\/em><br \/>\nJosua Dumeni\u00a0<em>(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nNapoleon UUtoni\u00a0<em>(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nWilfried Emvula\u00a0<em>(Walvis Bay)<\/em><br \/>\nTania Pietersen\u00a0<em>(Walvis Bay)<\/em><br \/>\nSenorita Gases<br \/>\nAmbrosius Haingura<em>\u00a0(Rundu)<\/em><br \/>\nArnulf Hausiku<em>\u00a0(Rundu)<\/em><br \/>\nBen Hausiko\u00a0<em>(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nRuth Hekandjo<em>\u00a0(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nWilma Isaacs<em>\u00a0(Keetmanshoop)<\/em><br \/>\nDora Isaak\u00a0<em>(Keetmanshoop)<\/em><br \/>\nLukas (&#8216;Kapembe&#8217;) Johannes<br \/>\nNico Kaiyamo<em>\u00a0(Nomtsoub)<\/em><br \/>\nMberipo Kamaheke<em>\u00a0(Gobabis)<\/em><br \/>\nEsther Kambalala<em>\u00a0(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nGeorge Mhoney<em>\u00a0(Katutura)<\/em><br \/>\nTrudy !Narimas<br \/>\nViljo Ndapopiwa\u00a0<em>(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nMemory Ndjawela<em>\u00a0(Juvenile Justice Promoter)<\/em><br \/>\nKarl Ndoroma\u00a0<em>(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nGabes Nepaya\u00a0<em>(Ongwediva)<\/em><br \/>\nElli Shipiki<em>\u00a0(Ongwediva and Windhoek)<\/em><br \/>\nJulia Shuuya<br \/>\nSofia Witbooi<em>\u00a0(Keetmanshoop)<\/em><br \/>\nJoshua Vaendwanawa Alois Katzao<em>\u00a0(Keetmanshoop)<br \/>\n<\/em>Immanuel Iita<em> (Ongwediva and Windhoek &#8211; ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>PROJECT STAFF<\/strong><br \/>\nLeigh-Anne Agnew<em>\u00a0(GR&amp;AP researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nCollette Campher\u00a0<em>(GR&amp;AP, ALU, ARASA)<\/em><br \/>\nPerri Caplan<em>\u00a0(projects and publications assistant)<\/em><br \/>\nFestus Hamukwaya\u00a0<em>(materials developer)<\/em><br \/>\nKaveri Kavari\u00a0<em>(GR&amp;AP researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nNaomi Kisting\u00a0<em>(GR&amp;AP)<\/em><br \/>\nAmelia Musukubili<em>\u00a0(social worker: CJP)<\/em><br \/>\nLinea Ngaano<em>\u00a0(LEAD researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nDoufi Namalambo<em>\u00a0(GR&amp;AP researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nMemory Ndjawella<br \/>\nMonica Nganjone<br \/>\nAnne Rimmer\u00a0<em>(GR&amp;AP development &amp; training manager)<\/em><br \/>\nLaura Tjihero\u00a0<em>(GR&amp;AP)<\/em><br \/>\nMona-Lisa Zatjirua\u00a0<em>(social worker: CJP)<\/em><br \/>\nBelinda Hamburee\u00a0<em>(M&amp;E Assistant, ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em>Patricia Williams\u00a0<em>(Consultant, ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em>Melissa Boois\u00a0<em>(Child Support Officer, ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em>Marita Pickering\u00a0<em>(Child Support Officer, ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em>Magreth Kambinda\u00a0<em>(Project Officer, ALU)<br \/>\n<\/em>Toini Hanhapo\u00a0<em>(M&amp;E Officer, ALU)<\/em><br \/>\nYolanda Itamba\u00a0<em>(Project officer, GRAP)<\/em><br \/>\nMaarit Thiem<em>\u00a0(Researcher LEAD)<\/em><br \/>\nRichard Kiaka\u00a0<em>(Researcher LEAD)<br \/>\n<\/em>Gabriel Augustus (<em>Legal Educator and Screening Assistant)<br \/>\n<\/em>Theodor Muduva <em>(Paralegal and Public Outreach)<br \/>\n<\/em>John Hazam<em> (Consultant &#8211; 2020)<br \/>\n<\/em>Peter Watson<em> (Consultant &#8211; 2023)<br \/>\n<\/em>Danie Small <em>(Consultant &#8211; 2023)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CANDIDATE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS<\/strong><br \/>\nShakespeare Masiza<br \/>\nTousy Namiseb<br \/>\nKenneth Siambango<br \/>\nRosalia Shipiki<br \/>\nValmary van Rooi<br \/>\nChriszelda Muenjo<br \/>\nHenry Kapalu\u00a0 <em>(2019, LEAD)<\/em><br \/>\nDandago !Goases (2021)<br \/>\nArchford Musodza (2021)<br \/>\nOkeri Tjipeua <em>(2022, LEAD)<\/em><br \/>\nAngela Mataba Helu (<em>2022, SJP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>PARALEGALS<\/strong><br \/>\nOno Angula<br \/>\nErastus Shamena<br \/>\nOlivia Imalwa-Ekandjo<br \/>\nChaka Goraseb<br \/>\nFoibe Jacobs<br \/>\nLeon Moller<br \/>\nKishi Shakumu<br \/>\nLaina Shigweda<br \/>\nFilemon Shifilifa<br \/>\nIsrael Shikongo<br \/>\nErastus Uutoni<br \/>\nTonderai Bhatasara<br \/>\nJacky Hamunjela (SJP)<br \/>\nVejaruka Ndjoze (SJP)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF<\/strong><br \/>\nRosemarie Noeske (retired Librarian\/IT and Webdesigner)<br \/>\nJoy Bartlett (retired Receptionist)<br \/>\nAndreas Absolom<br \/>\nLeonora Cloete<br \/>\nFanie Windstaan<br \/>\nBeverly Roman<br \/>\nPatricia Farmer<br \/>\nSarie Feris<br \/>\nSarah Fischer<br \/>\nGwendoline Krotz<br \/>\nPriscilla Malgas<br \/>\nAnitha van Wyk<br \/>\nMaria Ndura<br \/>\nImme Steinmeister<br \/>\nFanie Hindustan<br \/>\nAmalia Shipingana (Housekeeper)<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>SECRETARIES<br \/>\n<\/strong>Shireen Hampton<br \/>\nStella Bezuidenhout<br \/>\nRudolfine Bock (Trudie)<br \/>\nRudolf Bock<br \/>\nKaren Mvula<br \/>\nMaggy van Rooyen<br \/>\nJacqueline Daniels<br \/>\nMichelle Doeses<br \/>\nStephany Ebstein<br \/>\nErin Eijen<br \/>\nSandy Goliath<br \/>\nCornelia Kashala<br \/>\nEdith Khiba<br \/>\nGisela Nepembe<br \/>\nLoraine Sivertsen<br \/>\nCatherine Sugarman<br \/>\nHeather Tankard<br \/>\nAnitha Tjivangururav<br \/>\nDanita van der Waal<br \/>\nRoadine Willemse<br \/>\nAnita Witt<br \/>\nPamela Zolkov<br \/>\nIlda dos Santos<\/p>\n<p><strong>VISITING ACADEMICS<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dr. Robert Gordon, University of Vermont<br \/>\nDr. Suzanne LaFont, City Univerity of New York-Kingsborough Community College<br \/>\nDr. Sid Harring, City University of New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Suzman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Suzman<\/a>\u00a0(Anthropologist)INTERNS &amp; VOLUNTEERS<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNS<\/strong><br \/>\nSusan Lamb, Oxford<br \/>\nNermeen Arastu\u00a0<em>(University of Pennsylvania Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nDavid Bigge<em>\u00a0(Law student, Harvard Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nHilary Blain\u00a0<em>(Canadian lawyer)<br \/>\n<\/em>Annika Wahlstrom<br \/>\nMatthew Burnett<em>\u00a0(American lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nAntonia Carew-Watts\u00a0<em>(Harvard Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nStefan Carpenter<em>\u00a0(American law student)<\/em><br \/>\nElizabeth Cassidy<em>\u00a0(American lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nElena Coyle\u00a0<em>(Law student, Stanford University)<\/em><br \/>\nJulian Dayal<em>\u00a0(American law student)<br \/>\n<\/em>Petrus Haksteen<em>, (poet)<\/em><br \/>\nMelanie Demarte\u00a0<em>(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nAlfa Diakite\u00a0<em>(Canadian web designer)<br \/>\n<\/em>Alice Armstrong, <em>(local volunteer)<br \/>\n<\/em>Esther Pun,<em> (Stanford)<br \/>\n<\/em>Julie Holt, (<em>Yale)<\/em><br \/>\nKate Barth, (<em>University of Pennsylvania)<\/em><br \/>\nRebecca Stubbs, <em>(Vanderbilt)<\/em><br \/>\nAllison de Smet, <em>(prosecutor, Attorney-General&#8217;s Office of British Columbia, Canada)<\/em><br \/>\nMaureen Quigley,<em> (Cornell Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nRuth Chun, <em>(practicing corporate lawyer on self-funded sabbatical)<\/em><br \/>\nKaylan Lasky, (<em>University of Pennsylvania)<\/em><br \/>\nBrogiin Keeton,<em> (Stanford)<\/em><br \/>\nCindy Cho, <em>(Fulbright scholar)<\/em><br \/>\nChrista Rudolf van Rohr, <em>(visiting student from Basel University)\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nShanisha Smith,<em> (Lincoln University exchange student to the Polytechnic of Namibia)<\/em><br \/>\nGoderich Sikwana,<em> (media student from the Polytechnic of Namibia)<\/em><br \/>\nAndrea Russell, <em>(Lawyer without Borders)<\/em><br \/>\nAmanda Dodge<em>\u00a0(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nSonia Eggerman<em>\u00a0(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nSarah Field<em>\u00a0(Irish lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nElizabeth Fischer\u00a0<em>(Law student, Harvard Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nDr Lori-Ann Girven<em>\u00a0(American sociologist)<\/em><br \/>\nAlice G\u00f6ttler\u00a0<em>(German lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nLena Haarmann<br \/>\nPaul Holden<em>\u00a0(Canadian programmer analyst)<br \/>\n<\/em>Megan Karsh<em>\u00a0(Law student, Stanford Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nKatharina Kleikamp\u00a0<em>(German lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nMaria-Laure Knapp<em>\u00a0(American university student)<\/em><br \/>\nJeske Luijendijk<em>\u00a0(HR advisor, VSO)<\/em><br \/>\nJudy Munyinyi<em>\u00a0(volunteer with a Masters degree in Gender Studies from Free State University, South Africa)<\/em><br \/>\nWairimu Munyiri\u00a0<em>(VSO volunteer)<\/em><br \/>\nCollen Newton\u00a0<em>(American law student)<\/em><br \/>\nTracy Orr<em>\u00a0(American social work student)<\/em><br \/>\nNaomi Peled<br \/>\nAnneli Petersson<em>\u00a0(Swedish media intern)<\/em><br \/>\nMartin Schulze-Allen<em>\u00a0(German-Canadian lawyer, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission)<\/em><br \/>\nDelia Ramsbotham<em>\u00a0(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nAlison Reid\u00a0<em>(Scottish lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nAnne Rimmer<em>\u00a0(Development worker sponsored by Progressio)<\/em><br \/>\nAmi Shah\u00a0<em>(Paralegal, US Peace Corp)<\/em><br \/>\nMasoma Sherazi<em>\u00a0(volunteer with a Masters degree in International Studies from the University of Durham, UK)<\/em><br \/>\nHeather Sherdahl\u00a0<em>(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nTreena Sikora\u00a0<em>(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nKatharina Stamm\u00a0<em>(German lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nJodi Tarter<em>\u00a0(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Taylor<em>\u00a0(Canadian lawyer)<br \/>\n<\/em>Rachel Thompson\u00a0<em>(masters student, University of Sheffield, U.K.)<\/em><br \/>\nWilliam Tyzack\u00a0<em>(graduate of the University of Oxford, U.K.)<\/em><br \/>\nErin Valentine<em>\u00a0(Law student, University of Pennsylvania Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nStephanie van Lokven<br \/>\nSanne Verheul\u00a0<em>(Dutch university student)<\/em><br \/>\nDaina Wise<em>\u00a0(American lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nBettina Ziess<em>\u00a0(German researcher)<\/em><br \/>\nCindy Choo<em>\u00a0(Canadian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nMark Nonkes<em>\u00a0(Canadian IT\/Journalist)<\/em><br \/>\nRogers Lubilo<br \/>\nNatalie Renkhoff\u00a0<em>(German lawyer, Environmental law)<\/em><br \/>\nArja Schreij<br \/>\nAlexander MacMillan<br \/>\nThomas Wood<br \/>\nJessica Sun<br \/>\nKrissy Bochicchio<br \/>\nElizabeth Summers<br \/>\nSarah Ramig<br \/>\nLaila Hassan<br \/>\nTessa Harris<br \/>\nChristina Beninger<br \/>\nZoila Elizabeth Hinson<em> (Fulbright Scholar)<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jay, <em>(volunteer)<\/em><br \/>\nAnne Joyce, <em>(VSO volunteer)<\/em><br \/>\nAmelia McCarthy, <em>(Peace Corps Volunteer American lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nDean Wadeson, <em>(self-funded UK law student)<\/em><br \/>\nAllison Lepp,<em> (Canadian Bar Association)<\/em><br \/>\nGloria Song, <em> (Canadian Bar Association)<\/em><br \/>\nJoy Sworn, <em>(volunteer, VSO spouse)<\/em><br \/>\nMarkus Ihalainen <em>(Swedish-Finnishpoli science Master\u2019s graduate)<\/em><br \/>\nVistorina (Tori) Namene <em>(Namibian student at University of Stellenbosch)<\/em><br \/>\nJanna Terhorst<em> (German lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nTwapewa Andjamba <em>(Unam 5th year law student)<\/em><br \/>\nRosalia Andima <em>(Unam)<\/em><br \/>\nLeigh Williams <em>(school-leaver; worked with Rachel on admin)<\/em><br \/>\nSam Forsyth<br \/>\nKatie Krafchick <em> (Canadian Bar Association)<\/em><br \/>\nRoojin Habibi<em> (University of Ottawa)<\/em><br \/>\nKaity Cooper<em> (Canadian Bar Association)<\/em><br \/>\nKennedy Kandjii<em> (UNAM student)<\/em><br \/>\nKate Powers<em> (University of Michigan)<\/em><br \/>\nLuchandre Zimmer<br \/>\nEmelie Kozak <em>(Canadian lawyer -Master\u2019s degree in international human rights law)<\/em><br \/>\nAlisan Oliver-Li <em>(Harvard Law School first year )<\/em><br \/>\nDelmaine Eimann<em> (UNAM)<\/em><br \/>\nAlessandro Grotzinger <em>(UNAM)<\/em><br \/>\nTania Carstens-Mueller<em> (Namibian lawyer)<\/em><br \/>\nAndrea Vizsolyi <em> (Canadian Bar Association)<\/em><br \/>\nSamantha Wynn <em> (Canadian Bar Association)<\/em><br \/>\nDelia Mutale<br \/>\nAndrew Cooper <em>(CBA)<\/em><br \/>\nM`Mah Tour\u00e9<em> (CBA)<\/em><br \/>\nFelicitas Rachinger<br \/>\nSonja Gierse-Arsten,<em> (graduate student)<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jay, <em>(volunteer)<\/em><br \/>\nKate Barth,<em> (Sonnenschein Scholarship for Public Interest and the Equal Justice Foundation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School)<\/em><br \/>\nJulie Holt, <em>(legal intern funded by the Orville H. 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