The Namibian police have concluded investigations into the case of the woman accused of killing her neighbour over alcohol in 2018. Early this year, the police were instructed to comply with the directive by the prosecutor general so that she could pronounce herself over the matter. During her appearance before magistrate Namwenyo Shikalepo, Holtensia Kamati...
Namdeb has established and opened a fully-fledged testing facility at Oranjemund in response to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Since the pandemic’s outbreak, Covid-19 tests were only being administered through accredited laboratories. In a press statement, Namdeb spokesperson Shangelao Ndadi said the laboratory facility was completed in record time and has...
A 44-year-old man from Walvis Bay is the second coronavirus-positive person to die in Namibia, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula confirmed yesterday. According to Shangula, the victim, who was also a known diabetes patient, died at home on Saturday. He had visited the hospital on 7 July, where his blood was found to be high...
The ruling in the legal battle for the Law Society of Namibia (LSN) to be allowed access to local lawyer Sisa Namandje’s law firm trust account has been postponed to August. “The presiding judge will not be able to deliver due to medical reasons, as communicated to the judge president,” said judiciary’s spokesperson Ockert Jansen....
Katutura Magistrate’s Court gave a final remand for the police to conclude their investigations into the case of a man, accused of allegedly having killed and burned his live-in girlfriend in Katutura last year. Simon Amana Sheefeni (35) appeared before Magistrate Vanessa Stanley and was informed investigations into his case have not yet been finalised....
Marén de Klerk, one of the lawyers whose law firmMs account was allegedly used to launder money from State-owned National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) has provided the Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia (ACC) with an affidavit that he was involved in a conspiracy. This formed part of ACC senior investigator Karl Cloete’s testimony last week...
The State will trace and add a new suspect to the list of men, accused of armed robbery at the Westlane Lifestyle Centre in Windhoek, nearly three years ago. In November 2017, the Namibian police arrested South African nationals: Lucas Ndlovu (39), Mthokozisi Kubeka (30), Vincent Martin Khumalo (44) and Vusi David (40) – and...