Dave Smuts

Dave Smuts (David Smuts) is as of 2023 one of the four judges on the Supreme Court of Namibia^[1] and the founder of the Legal Assistance Centre. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.^[2]

Smuts began practising law in 1980.^[2] He assisted in founding Namibia's largest newspaper The Namibian in 1985.^[3] In 1988, Smuts founded Namibia's Legal Assistance Centre whose stated goal is to address human rights injustices perpetrated by apartheid era government in Namibia.^[4] In 1992, he left the Legal Assistance Centre and started his own private practice.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2015,^[5] Smuts was appointed a judge in Namibia's High Court in 2010.^[6]