ONAKAHOLO – A 31-year-old man who serves as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church at Rundu, is expected to appear in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly killing his three-year-old niece and assaulting his six-year-old nephew, who is now in critical condition. He is facing charges of murder and attempted murder. The alleged...
WALVIS BAY – Seven people who were arrested last week in connection with the disappearance of Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) student Matheus Sheehama (24) have been charged with murder. The suspects are Sheehama’sgirlfriend Jessica Gaes (27), her brother Jimmy Gaeb (24), and Gaes’ ex-boyfriend Michael Awaseb (24). Others are Marvin Wapota (20),...
OLUNO – A male correctional officer at Oluno Correctional Facility is under investigation for allegedly stealing a pig from the facility on Monday. The Commissioner General of the Namibian Correctional Service, Raphael Hamunyela confirmed the incident. The stolen pig was allegedly intended to be slaughtered for the inmates, or sold to the public togenerate income...
Windhoek High Court acting judge Collins Parker yesterday ruled that the social media posts Affirmative Repositioning leader Job Amupanda made in 2021 about deputy finance minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, are defamatory. Parker found that a post Amupanda placed on his social media account of an unknown woman clothed in jeans and a white t-shirt, accompanied by...
Ebba Kandovazu A nine-year-old girl whose charred remains were found at a dumping site also had her legs broken, the Windhoek High Court heard on Monday.This was heard during the criminal trial of three Zimbabwean nationals accused of brutally assaulting Natalie Chipomho. Her body, according to a Namibian Police Force Senior Inspector, Detective Josef Ndokosho,...
A resident of the Nalitungwe settlement in Windhoek’s Hakahana informal settlement admitted stabbing his common-law wife, but denied killing her. Rodney Afrikaner pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act on Tuesday before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen. He did not give a...
Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Moses Chinhengo last week quashed the hopes of Fishrot accused and former justice minister Sacky Shanghala to have certain issues he has with the manner in which the trial is progressing reserved. Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo applied in terms of section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Act to...
The Prosecutor General v Amushelelo [2024] NAHCMD 436 (2 August 2024) Facts The applicant (the Prosecutor General) moved an application for forfeiture of property order against the first respondent, Mr Amushelelo, and legal entities he had an interest in. The applicant claimed that the properties in question, constitute an instrumentality of an offence, or are...
Forex trader-turned-activist-turned politician Michael Saddam Amushelelo, will appeal the judgment by Windhoek High Court Judge Thomas Masuku that stripped him of his belongings. His lawyer, Joseph Andreas, confirmed this to New Era. “We have 21 days in which to lodge our appeal to the Supreme Court, and we are busy preparing it,” Andreas said. Amushelelo’s...
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...