A 32-year-old man, who admitted to killing two people within 24 hours at a farm in the Rehoboth district nearly a year ago, was handed two life sentences in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. “In less than 24 hours, the accused deprived two people of their precious right; the right to life. I now...
The prosecutor general has yet to pronounce herself in the case of three Angolan women who were caught at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) with more than N$2.2 million in foreign currencies. The accused, Maria Combua (46), Helena Samba Pintal (35) and Beatriz Antunes (47) were informed of such when they made their appearance before...
A former Global Fund employee, who is accused of killing his former supervisor and injuring a colleague during a shooting spree in 2019, is set to undergo psychiatric evaluation. The 33-year-old Simataa Simasiku’s defence lawyer Vincent Litubezi made an application in the High Court before judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday for the court to submit Simasiku...
The case of a man, who is facing multiple counts of rape and that of defiling and mutilating a 10-year-old girl in 2018, is ready to proceed for trial in the High Court. Judge Christie Liebenberg yesterday during the mentions roll informed Gavin Gawanab (25) that his case is ready for trial. Gawanab is expected...
The Namibian police have concluded investigations into the case of the woman accused of killing her neighbour over alcohol in 2018. Early this year, the police were instructed to comply with the directive by the prosecutor general so that she could pronounce herself over the matter. During her appearance before magistrate Namwenyo Shikalepo, Holtensia Kamati...
The ruling in the legal battle for the Law Society of Namibia (LSN) to be allowed access to local lawyer Sisa Namandje’s law firm trust account has been postponed to August. “The presiding judge will not be able to deliver due to medical reasons, as communicated to the judge president,” said judiciary’s spokesperson Ockert Jansen....
A 44-year-old man from Walvis Bay is the second coronavirus-positive person to die in Namibia, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula confirmed yesterday. According to Shangula, the victim, who was also a known diabetes patient, died at home on Saturday. He had visited the hospital on 7 July, where his blood was found to be high...
Namdeb has established and opened a fully-fledged testing facility at Oranjemund in response to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Since the pandemic’s outbreak, Covid-19 tests were only being administered through accredited laboratories. In a press statement, Namdeb spokesperson Shangelao Ndadi said the laboratory facility was completed in record time and has...
Katutura Magistrate’s Court gave a final remand for the police to conclude their investigations into the case of a man, accused of allegedly having killed and burned his live-in girlfriend in Katutura last year. Simon Amana Sheefeni (35) appeared before Magistrate Vanessa Stanley and was informed investigations into his case have not yet been finalised....
The State will trace and add a new suspect to the list of men, accused of armed robbery at the Westlane Lifestyle Centre in Windhoek, nearly three years ago. In November 2017, the Namibian police arrested South African nationals: Lucas Ndlovu (39), Mthokozisi Kubeka (30), Vincent Martin Khumalo (44) and Vusi David (40) – and...