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FACULTY OF LAW

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN LAW

CANDIDATE: NGHIISHILILWA Fritz

CURRICULUM VITAE

Fritz Nghiishililwa was born in the Ohangwena Region. He attended his
secondary education at Oshigambo Secondary School. His qualifications
include Diploma in Management and Development studies, from United
Nations Institute for Namibia (UNIN) in Zambia; Bachelor of Laws and Master
of Laws (LLM), from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom (UK). His professional career includes
working as a State Prosecutor at Rundu Magistrate office in the Kavango Region; Deputy Director: Flexible
Land Tenure System in Namibia; Deputy Inspector-General: Namibian Police Force; Head of Industrial
Relations at UNAM; Acting Dean: Faculty of Law and senior lecturer in the same Faculty. Mr. Nghiishililwa
joined the People Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), which was the military wing of SWAPO, in 1997 where
he was an active soldier for almost ten (10) years. He obtained his military training in the former Soviet Union
as a commander of heavy military weapons. The last position he held in PLAN was Commander of the
Second Mechanized Infantry Brigade of SWAPO.

His research interest incorporates utilizing law as a tool for addressing social and economic problems in
society.

CANDIDATE’S DISSERTATION

LABOUR BROKING PRACTICES AND RESILIENCE OF NAMIBIA’S LABOUR PROTECTION: (A COMPERATIVE
ANALYSIS)

The doctoral study was undertaken and completed under the supervision of Prof Nico Horn as Main-
Supervisor and Dr. Dunicia Zongwe as Co-Supervisor from the University of Namibia, with Prof. Evance
Kalula from the University of Cape Town being the original supervisor.

The candidate investigated the labour broking practices in Namibia with the primary objective to determine
whether the law regulating the industry in the country is the most appropriate and whether the existing
legislation regulating labour broking in Namibia and South Africa conforms to the standards set by the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 181. Nowadays employers have expressed their
unwillingness to employ unskilled and semi-skilled workers on a permanent basis in an attempt to evade
the high financial ramifications implicit in the employment of workers on a permanent basis. The study
adopts a theoretical approach, coupled with deductive reasoning. One of the findings of the study is
that the legal regime regulating labour broking in Namibia is inappropriate in that it prohibits modern work
arrangements which are dominated by non-standard employment relationships, in which a number of
temporary employment agencies become increasingly organised.

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