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Uukwambi at loggerheads
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Uukwambi at loggerheads

Roland Routh Victoria Immanuel The Uukwambi Traditional Authority (UTA) and the community’s royal family are quarrelling over planned events to honour their chiefs and kings. Herman Iipumbu, on behalf of UTA, dragged the royal family, represented by Wellem Amwaama and Seblon Shivolo, to the High Court to stop them from having a commemoration ceremony for...

Man admitsstabbing, denies killing
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Man admitsstabbing, denies killing

A resident of the Nalitungwe settlement in Windhoek’s Hakahana informal settlement admitted stabbing his common-law wife, but denied killing her. Rodney Afrikaner pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act on Tuesday before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen.  He did not give a...

Judge dismisses Fishrot reservation application
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Judge dismisses Fishrot reservation application

Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Moses Chinhengo last week quashed the hopes of Fishrot accused and former justice minister Sacky Shanghala to have certain issues he has with the manner in which the trial is progressing reserved. Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo applied in terms of section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Act to...

Amushelelo fights for assets 
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Amushelelo fights for assets 

Forex trader-turned-activist-turned politician Michael Saddam Amushelelo, will appeal the judgment by Windhoek High Court Judge Thomas Masuku that stripped him of his belongings. His lawyer, Joseph Andreas, confirmed this to New Era.  “We have 21 days in which to lodge our appeal to the Supreme Court, and we are busy preparing it,” Andreas said. Amushelelo’s...

Mbambo puts Kavango on legal map
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Mbambo puts Kavango on legal map

Born and raised in Mupapama village near Rundu in Kavango East, Vensislaus Mbambo is rubbing shoulders with renowned legal minds like Rowan van Wyk and Godfry Shivolo. Mbambo is honing his skills under the tutelage of prolific criminal justice lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji.  The young lawyer is a force to reckon with in the legal fraternity,...

Records obtained ‘unlawfully’ in Namwandi case
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Records obtained ‘unlawfully’ in Namwandi case

A lawyer representing a man who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million, claimed on Monday that the State obtained records illegally. Lawyer Appolus Shimakeleni, who represented Sakaria Megameno Namwandi during negotiations with the Bank of Namibia, told Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute that...

Nakalemo’s claim against New Era dismissed
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Nakalemo’s claim against New Era dismissed

A claim of N$5 million against New Era Publications Corporation and its managing editor, Johnathan Beukes, was dismissed in the High Court by Acting Judge Kobus Miller last week. Joseph Nakalemo instituted the claim against the publication for what he perceived as biased reporting on its side. He claimed that the publication and Beukes were...

Möller children want life imprisonment for killers
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Möller children want life imprisonment for killers

The two daughters of Walvis Bay businessman Hans-Jorg Möller on Wednesday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku to send their father’s killers to jail for life. The young women, who may not be identified because of their age, told the court that their lives have irrevocably changed since the death of their father.  They...

Nghixulifwa gets slap on wrist
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Nghixulifwa gets slap on wrist

After  fining Kelly Nghixulifwa N$150 000 for fraud and corruption, Windhoek High Court acting judge Christi Liebenberg on Tuesday said mitigating factors in the case prevent him from imposing a custodial sentence.  Nghixulifwa, who was CEO of the State-owned company Roads Contractor Company (RCC), received a N$150 000 fine or three years imprisonment plus two years...

Treason accused guilty
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Treason accused guilty

Windhoek High Court acting judge Petrus Unengu yesterday convicted the remaining six Caprivi secessionists on high treason. The men were accused of trying to secede the then-Caprivi Strip from Namibia in August 1999. The judge, however, found that the charges of sedition and public violence constituted a duplication of the treason charge, and acquitted them...