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Being a lawyer is both exciting and exhausting. As such, the idea that many people have of lawyers having money is misplaced, as a lot of hours of hard labour, dedication, determination, discipline and perseverance go into perfecting the craft. This is according to upcoming lawyer Phillipus Ignatius Mumbala. “It might take you 10 years...
Acting High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo yesterday said the ‘Fishrot’ trial will continue on 2 September, even if some of the accused do not have defence lawyers. Dubbed ‘Fishrot’, the trial involves former Cabinet ministers Bernard Esau and Sacky Shanghala as well as several top businessmen. While some of the accused indicated they were not...
State Advocate Esekiel Ipinge says Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi’s bail application does not contain any new facts. Fitty Hatuikulipi (43), is one of the alleged masterminds of the Fishrot corruption scandal. Ipinge told Fitty Hatuikulipi during cross-examination this week, he (Fitty) was just rehashing old evidence. The hearing of Hatuikulipi’s application resumed this week after a...
Mitili gomomukunda horowero gwaZambezi kavamupere matengeko morwa kutoona muharwa, etengeko mosimaliwa sokusika ko N$27 000 ogu kamutwere kovahahende vendi morwa kumuswaura. Mitili gedina Mukwae Zibiso katwere Linda Namasiku Sauzuo, Docus Eliziel Sauzuo ntani Lumba Kamwi omu navafuta silinga vana kulipakerera zokusika ko N$720 898 morwa kukora ntani kumona kanyando ndi asi kukora, kehandu, ntani rutu...
State Advocate Laurens Campher yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Petrus Unengu to sentence the remaining seven men accused of trying to secede the then Caprivi Strip from Namibia in August 1999 to further custodial sentences. The accused have been in custody since their arrests in 2002 and 2003, totalling 21 and 22 years...
Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan last week acquitted former police officer Ricardo Nghilifavali Nestor on charges of fraud, forgery, and using a forged instrument. The judge, however, found that the State proved the alternative offence of theft and money-laundering. Nestor already tasted success when six charges against him were dismissed after a Section 174...
Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on Friday sentenced a man she convicted of murder with direct intent to an effective prison term of 33 years. The judge convicted Shaun Tieties (39) of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and attempting...
A teacher from the Zambezi region was awarded damages of N$27 000 after she instituted a lawsuit against a rival lover for assault. The teacher, Mukwae Zibiso, sued Linda Namasiku Sauzuo, Docus Eliziel Sauzuo and Lumba Kamwi for a combined N$720 898 for pain and suffering, emotional and psychological shock, contumelia (general damages), infringement on...
The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) turned to the Windhoek High Court to fight against their deregistration as a political party by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). This is after their first attempt was shot down by the Electoral Court of Namibia, which declined to hear the matter because of a lack of jurisdiction. ...
Windhoek High Court acting judge Collins Parker yesterday ruled that the social media posts Affirmative Repositioning leader Job Amupanda made in 2021 about deputy finance minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, are defamatory. Parker found that a post Amupanda placed on his social media account of an unknown woman clothed in jeans and a white t-shirt, accompanied by...