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Cornelia Kazeurua, the widow of renowned stock theft investigator Wilfred ‘Major’ Hiambepo Kazeurua, has pleaded with the judge to make sure the convicted murderers of her husband do not “…see the sun again…”. Kazeurua told Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Alred Siboleka yesterday that she and her family have suffered immensely since the death of...
A woman accused of defrauding a private school in Windhoek of more than N$2.8 million is fit to stand trial. The trial of Maria Johanna Coetzee (52) was postponed to 18 August. A report compiled by a psychiatrist found that although she suffers from diminished capacity, she understands the court proceedings and is capable of...
Keetmanshoop based defence lawyer Henry van Zyl is asking Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Philanda Christiaan to find his client, Kevin Mathew Cloete, not guilty and discharge him on a count of murder read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act. Cloete is accused of murdering his stepfather – the boyfriend of...
Robert Marlo McNab (39), who allegedly murdered his estranged wife by stabbing her at least 27 times with a pair of scissors, made his first appearance before Deputy Judge President Shafimana Ueitele in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. McNab faces charges of housebreaking with intent to murder, and murder, read with the provisions of the...
A Grootfontein resident, who is facing a terrorism charge amongst a host of other charges, made a second appearance in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Jona Hangula (34) was arrested on 21 June 2023. He faces 19 charges, including one charge of arranging for the retention or control of funds belonging to persons involved in...
Congested diaries and the unavailability of some of the accused resulted in the trial of several Chinese businesspeople and one Namibian being delayed until next year. The accused, who allegedly defrauded the finance ministry of N$3.5 billion in revenue, were supposed to plead to the charges, but it was postponed to 19 November for a...
One of the sons of the murdered farming couple, Armin Siegfried Riedel (68) and wife Brunhild Riedel (66), yesterday told High Court Judge Naomi Shivute that he wishes he could impose the death penalty on the killers of his parents. Burkhard Riedel, who spoke on behalf of the family in aggravation of sentence, said for...
One of the witnesses to an incident where Denzil Xavier Dawids (25), allegedly rammed into and killed a woman on 1 October 2023 in Gobabis, took the stand yesterday to testify. Alessandro van Rooyen told the court that he, Percival McCallum and Caden Snyders were at a bar when Dawids arrived and started spinning his...
Lawyers representing former agriculture minister Mac Albert Hengari (59) and his 30-year-old co-accused will apply today for the charges against their clients to be squashed. Patrick Kauta is representing Hengari, while Kadhila Amoomo is for his co-accused. The co-accused cannot be identified to protect the purported victim, who is his relative. The lawyers informed Magistrate...
Sara Ngenohani Damases, who is accused together with prominent Windhoek lawyer Dirk Conradie of attempting to bribe advertising company DV8 Saatchi and Saatchi owners started her testimony in her defence yesterday. Conradie and Damaseb are accused of attempting to bribe Kim Fields and Mark Bongers with the lucrative MTC advertising contract, provided they took on...