A Lüderitz resident, accused of raping his niece, pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape in the High Court yesterday before Judge Eileen Rakow. The man, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of his alleged victim, did not provide a plea explanation. He put the onus on the State to prove each...
One of the investors in the forex scheme of Sakaria Megameno Namwandi, who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and is accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million during 2019, testified yesterday. Dankie Boy Shivute testified that he invested N$564 000 with a promised return of N$846 000 over three months. That,...
Omukwatinghonga Gavin Gawanab okwa pewa ehandukilo leedula 57 neemwedi nhatu konima yokakuma komhangu yopombada yaWindhoek. Gawanab okwa monika ondjo mekwatonghonga loikando ihapu, ekendabalo lokukwata onghonga nokudenga oukadona nounona. Gawanab okwa holoka komesho yomupanguli Dinnah Usiku. Usiku okwa holola kutya omhangu iyi li omhinge novakwatinghonga. “Omhangu oya pumbwa okutuma etumwalaka lomondjila kombinga yovakwatinghonga. Nava shiive kutya...
Serial rapist Gavin Gawanab has been sentenced to an accumulative 57 years and three months in prison for a string of rapes, attempted rapes, and assaults on young women and children, Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku ruled yesterday. Judge Usiku said, “Long custodial sentences under these circumstances would not be shockingly inappropriate, as this...
The brother of NamPower engineer Benjamin Silombela yesterday gave a chilling account of finding his sibling’s body at his Eros home, tied up, gagged, and covered with a duvet. The testimony came as the Windhoek High Court continues the trial of Jorene Bezuidenhout and Muningandu Kaapama, accused of murdering Silombela after a drug session and...
Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on Thursday ruled that a confession by a woman accused of arson is admissible as evidence. Mechtilde Karomo (32) is accused of a fatal shack fire, which claimed the lives of her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend in December 2022. However, the judge ruled that oral admissions made to two...
A former police officer, convicted of raping his daughter, has failed in his bid to appeal both his conviction and sentence. The accused was sentenced to an effective 25 years in prison by Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen. Judge Claasen dismissed the application by the 54-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the...
The lawyer of a woman accused of defrauding a private school in Windhoek of more than N$2.8 million has argued that her client was not in full control when she committed the alleged crimes. Janita von Wielligh, representing 52-year-old Maria Johanna Coetzee, told the court that psychiatrists who examined her client found that she suffered...
Former minister of justice Sacky Shangala has notified the new judge in the Fishrot trial Marileze du Plessis that he intends to apply for leave to appeal two rulings that went against him. The first is the ruling by Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo that dismissed an application by Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwateluloto...
A Gobabis resident, convicted of a series of rapes and robberies, has completed his court-ordered mental assessment to determine whether he is able to appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions. Richard Kennedy Haoseb from Kanaan location was earlier this year ordered by Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku to be assessed by a State-employed psychiatrist....