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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...

NEFF blames Swapo for legal woes … They’re irresponsible – Herunga  
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NEFF blames Swapo for legal woes … They’re irresponsible – Herunga  

Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters’ lawyers have blamed their current legal woes on the ruling Swapo Party.  This is after Namibia’s immigration authorities blew a hole in the legal proceedings launched by NEFF against their deregistration as a political party by ECN.  The NEFF were supposed to be represented by senior counsel Dali Mpofu and Lerato...

Murder accused refuses to plead  
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Murder accused refuses to plead  

Theodore Shipanga (48) refused to tender a plea when he appeared on charges of murder, robbery and defeating the course of justice on Monday. Shipanga told Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen that he cannot plead to the charges, as he knows nothing about the whole ordeal. He was arrested 12 years after the murder...