A twenty-one-year-old man on trial for the murder of Rafael Romanus Marishane in May 2014 is scheduled to get a new trial date. Faizel Jason Minnies’ case was put on hold for him to be allocated the trial date for the murder case to resume. Minnies, who appeared on bail, was informed the court would...
The trial of an Okahandja resident accused of killing a man and burying him with two dogs on his father’s farm seven years ago was postponed to September. Appearing on bail, Karl Friedrich Eichhoff (37) presented himself before the Windhoek Regional Court where he was informed his case has not yet been allocated a presiding...
The self-proclaimed prophet Jackson Babi (30) and his co-accused Frizans Naululu Dumeni (25) have approached the court to be released on bail. They appeared before Magistrate Linus Samunzala in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The court gallery was packed to the rafters with Babi’s supporters. The court scheduled their bail hearing to 30 July,...
“The argument that suspects in white-collar crimes should be granted bail is the reason the public has lost trust in the justice system.” These were the words of magistrate Duard Kesslau yesterday while handing down judgement in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court when he denied bail to former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau and his son-in-law Tamson...
Magistrate Duard Kesslau is scheduled to give a ruling in the bail application of former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi today in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. Esau (62) and Tamson (39) brought forth a formal bail application, hoping to convince the court to release them from custody, pending the finalisation...
A 26-six-year-old man, who is accused of sexually violating his two-week-old baby, was denied bail when he made his first appearance in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, was charged with a count of murder and rape for allegedly raping his two-week-old infant,...
Investigations in a case in which a 32-year-old civilian was allegedly shot and killed by an officer of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) are yet to be concluded, the Katutura Magistrate’s Court was informed yesterday. According to prosecutor Tuaundamuje Latoya Mukumbo, the state is yet to receive the ballistics report. Furthermore, the photo plan of...
One of the accused in the Fishrot scandal has brought forth a bail application but has demanded his matter to be heard by a magistrate who has not watched the Al Jazeera documentary ‘Anatomy of a Bribe’ or perused files on Wikileaks. The 31-year-old Pius ‘Taxa’ Mwatelulo, an administrator at Hanganeni, brought forth his application...
A lawyer representing Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo has argued the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court erred in judgement when it ruled that the interest of justice would not be served if he were to be released on bail. Defence lawyer Louis Botes said the court failed to make a finding about the strength of the State’s case as...
Yana beleka kwa kampani ya Global Fund, ili yanyaziwa kamulatu wa kubulaya yanali folomani wa hae, ni kuholofaza yana beleka ni yena, kanako yakukunupa mwasilimo sa 2019, uka tatubiwa mayemo amunahano wahae. Muyemeli wa Simataa Simasikiu wa lilimo zemashumi amalalu kazetalu, Vincent Lutibezi, natahisize kupo mwa Khuta ye Pahami fapila muatuli Christie Liebenberg viki yefelile,...