A man convicted after he confessed having killed his girlfriend by shooting her several times because he was allegedly consumed by anger, will be calling witnesses to testify in his favour during the mitigation hearing before sentencing. Rudolf Gowaseb (60) who appeared in the High Court without a legal representative, is expected to bring forth...
The second bail hearing of a 36-year-old man accused of repeatedly raping his girlfriend’s daughter is scheduled to take place next week in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. The accused, Tobias Mareko, appeared before magistrate Linus Samunzala yesterday. During his court appearance the court scheduled his bail application to be heard on 19 August. The court...
AE ǁ GAMS – ǀ Ae ǁ gams !Ā!khōmais ǀAwa!namn Danab Abraham Kanimeb ge ge mî, ǁîb di sîsenǀûsa ǂanǂans hîa ge !nubu ǁaerob ǀguiba a hâs di !uru ǂâibasens ge, ǁîb di sîsenǀûs ǀkha hâ marisa hōs ai hâ isa. Kanimeb ge nē kurib di 30 !Khanni dis ai ǁîb nî 1 !Khaitsâb 2020...
After having been dealt a hard blow in the lower court in July, former fisheries minister Bernard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi have now approached the High Court appealing the court’s decision to deny them bail. In their notice of appeal to the High Court, the two claimed magistrate Erich Kesslau erred in...
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has once more clarified that online forex trading is not prohibited. It said the practice of collecting money from members of the public for investment in forex is unlawful. “The bank does not prohibit the online forex trading, however, members of the public who do so should utilise their own...
The judgement in the case of a farmworker who admitted to killing his girlfriend and mother of his child in 2018 was postponed to 19 August. Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen was scheduled to hand down judgement yesterday however such could not happen. The court was informed by Judge Thomas Masuku that Claasen and...
Windhoek City Police chief Abraham Kanime said his short-lived resignation earlier this year from the municipality was simply to cash in on his retirement benefits. Kanime tendered his resignation as head of the Windhoek City Police on 30 January with effect from 1 May. He was due to retire in May when he turned 60...
Descendants of the 1904-1908 genocide in Namibia say they remain united against Germany in their pursuit of reparations for the colonial-era crime. The Nama and Ovaherero traditional leaders yesterday expressed unhappiness over the handling of the genocide issue by the Namibian government, which they said was being treated like a “political game”. In a joint...
An American national on trial for the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek nine years ago is fighting to be released on bail in the Windhoek High Court. Kevin Townsend (34) has been in police custody since 2011 when he was arrested alongside co-accused Marcus Kevin Thomas (35). State witnesses have testified Townsend is...
More than 80 disgruntled volunteer workers at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek are demanding that they be given priority when government recruits for new positions. The group, which comprises cleaners, marched to the offices of the ministry of health to seek answers they have sought on numerous occasions. The group’s representative, Festus Isai, explained...