plaintiff suffered the following violation and infringements of her common law
rights and without derogating from the generality thereof, her common law and
personality rights and more particularly
6.1 will be unable to bear children in future and found a family;
6.2 lost marriage prospects;
6.3 suffered and continues to suffer ongoing mental and emotional anguish;
6.4 endured and continues to endure shock, pain and suffering; 4
6.5 suffered and continues to suffer infringement of her rights to bodily and
psychological integrity;
6.6 was subjected to torture or to cruel and inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment;
6.7 suffered and continues to suffer a violation of her dignity.
7. Alternatively to paragraph 6 supra, and as a further consequence of the
aforesaid wrongful and unlawful conduct by defendant’s aforementioned
employees as set out in paragraph 3, alternatively 4 supra, plaintiff suffered a
violation and an infringement of her rights guaranteed and protected under the
Namibia Constitution, particularly:
7.1 Her right to life in terms of Article 6 of the Constitution;
7.2 Her right to liberty in terms of Article 7 of the Constitution;
7.3 Her right to human dignity in terms of Article 8 of the Constitutions;
7.4 Her right to found a family in terms of Article 14 of the Constitution.
8. As a result of the facts and circumstances as set out in paragraph 6 supra,
alternatively paragraph 7 above, plaintiff suffered loss or damages (both past
and contingent) in the amount of N$1 million. It is not reasonable nor practical
to apportion the aforementioned globular amount of N$1 million to any of the
numerous and particular infringements, violations and invasions of plaintiff’s
rights suffered by her as referred to in paragraph 6 and 7 above.
9. In as much as the aforesaid claim for loss or damages is based on what is
set out in paragraph 7 above, plaintiff claims such loss or damages as
monetary compensation in terms of Articles 25 (3) and 25 (4) of the Namibian
Constitution.
CLAIM 2
10. The aforesaid sterilisation of the plaintiff by the defendant’s aforementioned
employees was a consequence of her being a woman who is HIV-positive.
11. As a result, the aforesaid sterilisation was a wrongful and unlawful practice
of impermissible discrimination against the plaintiff. 5