2020-10-07Maria Sheya The State has gathered enough evidence against a motorist who was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of Windhoek cyclist Ingrid van Wyk Scholtz late last year. View more
2020-10-08Maria Sheya The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement was dealt a hard blow by the Electoral Tribunal in Windhoek yesterday when their application in which they sued the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) for failing to implement continuous voter registration, as required by law, was dismissed with costs. View more
2020-10-09Maria Sheya The Katutura Magistrate’s Court is scheduled to give a ruling in the matter of a 30-year-old Windhoek resident who is on trial for the death of his brother over N$20. View more
2020-10-09Maria Sheya The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and then head of state’s decision to recruit Martha Imalwa as prosecutor general nearly 16 years ago has come back to haunt them. View more
2020-10-12Maria Sheya The case of a Namibian Defence Force (NDF) soldier, who is facing criminal charges for allegedly shooting and killing a Zimbabwean national last year, is scheduled to continue next year. View more
2020-10-12Maria Sheya The fate of a Windhoek resident who confessed under oath of abducting and sexually violating a minor last year is now in the hands of the prosecutor general. View more
2020-10-13Maria Sheya Protesters against sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) under the banner of #ShutItAllDown now plan to sue the police, alleging they were unlawfully arrested and detained on Saturday. View more
2020-10-14Maria Sheya The protest of young people under the banner #ShutItAllDown against sexual and gender-based violence has yielded some results as government looks into filling nearly 160 vacancies within the police’s gender-based violence protection unit as a matter of urgency. View more
2020-10-14Maria Sheya A Windhoek teacher, who stands accused of fatally stabbing his wife multiple in April last year, is scheduled to tender his preliminary plea next week. View more
2020-10-15Maria Sheya The murder case of a nine-year-old girl, who was allegedly assaulted to death in January this year in Windhoek North, was postponed to next year due to outstanding laboratory results. View more
2020-10-15Maria Sheya Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) protesters have welcomed government’s response to their petition in which they pressured the authorities to take adequate action to tackle increasing violence, especially against women and children. View more
2020-10-16Maria Sheya The trial of two Windhoek residents who stand accused of attempting to divert N$1.1 million from Air Namibia has come to a standstill after one of the accused’s lawyer withdrew from the matter. View more
2020-10-16Maria Sheya The Roads Authority yesterday claimed representatives of a local and Chinese contractor had mutually entered into an agreement with it to allow the authorities to make payments directly into an account nominated by the two parties for a road construction contract. View more
2020-10-16Maria Sheya The application period for the vacancy of the prosecutor general has been extended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). View more
2020-10-19Maria Sheya The amendments to the Combating of Domestic Violence Act and Rape Act have been completed and are scheduled to be tabled in parliament this week. View more
2020-10-20Maria Sheya A woman and her daughter, who were arrested for allegedly causing the death of a 19-month-old toddler, were denied bail when they made their first appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Friday. View more
2020-10-20Maria Sheya The restrictions around the sale of alcohol, which were imposed during the Covid-19 state of emergency, should be adopted in order to fight sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the country, the Coalition of Churches and Organisations on Ethical Social Justice said yesterday. View more
2020-10-20Maria Sheya The trial of a man who is accused robbing and preying on lone women in the Windhoek’s informal settlement of Goreangab area was postponed by Katutura Magistrate’s Court last week. View more
2020-10-20Maria Sheya The Windhoek Regional Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a local man who is on trial for allegedly stabbing his brother to death last year. View more
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