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...
Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday ruled that certain admissions a Khorixas resident made are inadmissible. Barnabas Nawaseb is accused of killing his common-law wife and mother of his two children with a pickaxe. This means the alleged admissions the accused made to the police shortly after his arrest may not be used in...
A German couple is suing the chairperson of the immigration selection board and the chief of immigration over their refusal to grant them permanent residence in Namibia. The couple, who say they fell in love with Namibia and its peace-loving people during their frequent visits, wants the high court to set aside and review a...
Marthino Olivier, the privately- instructed lawyer of Steve Biko Booys withdrew from the trial on Monday. Booys confirmed this development with magistrate Esme Molefe during a scheduled court appearance. Prosecutor Emma Mayavero informed the court that she received a phone call from Olivier, in which he informed her of his withdrawal and that he will...
A South African citizen who was acquitted on charges that he tried to smuggle 12 San men out of Namibia has won a lawsuit he instituted against the prosecutor general in the Supreme Court. After Pieter Hendrik Groenewald and his then-fiancé Elsie Greef were acquitted on charges of trafficking in persons in the Rundu District...
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