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Former Ondangwa-based magistrate Liwena Walter Mikiti was acquitted on all charges on Tuesday after he applied for a section 174 discharge. He was accused of duping insurance giant Santam Namibia out of N$234 555 in fraudulent insurance claims. He pleaded not guilty to the charges when his trial started in November 2021. He did not...
A 31-year-old resident of the DRC settlement in Otjiwarongo pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of murder and defeating or attempting to defeat the course of justice before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen. Lolo Tweumona Kambwela did not give a plea explanation, and opted to remain silent and not divulge the basis of...
Defence counsel Mbanga Siyomunji yesterday had Anti-Corruption Commission investigator Andreas Kanyangela under fire during his cross-examination. This was during a bail application lodged by Fishrot accused Tamson Hatuikulipi (43), one of the accused in the Fishrot scandal. Siyomunji accused Kanyangela of insinuations and vague suggestions, instead of providing factual evidence. He said bank statements provided...
Muatuli swalelele mwa Khuta ye Pahami Petrus Unengu Lamubulo nafile likoto kubasupile bane basialezi mwamuzeko wabukwenuheli, lillimo zemwahala zeketalizoho kuisa kuze lishumi kazesilezi. Neba fumanwi mulatu wabukwenuheli, kuloba mulao obona zakuleka litobolo ni kuloba mulao obona zakuzwa nikukena mwanaha. Muatuli nalengile Progress Kenyoka Munuma lilimo zelishumi kazesilezi, ili ze 26 kakutala, mi zelishumi likungulezwi kwatuko...
A 35-year-old man from Hochfeld in the Okahandja district was convicted of rape on Friday by Regional Magistrate Selma Sibeya in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. Sibeya convicted Andreas Mouton on one count of rape. He was charged with raping a 30-year-old woman who has the mindset of a three-to-five-year-old. Mouton pleaded not guilty and proffered...
A former police officer was convicted of the rape of his biological daughter by Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday. The judge further convicted the man – who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim – of incest. She, however, acquitted him on three counts of child trafficking, and one count...
The criminal trial of forex trader-turned-politician, Michael Saddam Amushelelo and his business partner Gergory Cloete, was postponed to 16 April next year to pave the way for their appeal in the Supreme Court. The business partners are awaiting trial on 365 counts of fraud, alternatively theft by false pretences, conducting a banking business without authorisation...
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa has set aside a fine of more than R216 million and a 10-year debarment of Namibian businessman Coenraad Botha. Botha owns CBI X SA, a bitcoin investment entity, and is the founder of Coin-Based Innovation Global, also known as CBI Association. He was investigated by the...
Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Petrus Unengu on Monday imposed further custodial sentences on the seven remaining treason accused, ranging from five to 16 years. They were convicted in July on charges of high treason, charges under the Arms and Ammunitions Act, and the Immigration Control Act. The judge sentenced Progress Kenyoka Munuma to an...
Windhoek High Court Judge Eileen Rakow yesterday struck an urgent application lodged by a disgruntled Swapo member against the nomination of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as Swapo’s presidential candidate, from the roll. Reinhold Shipwikineni lodged the urgent application on Friday last week. He cited Swapo, NNN, as she is affectionately known, plus the members she appointed during...