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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...
Iuze Mukube Brenton Hendricks, a 24-year-old convicted on a lesser charge of culpable homicide for the killing of his elder brother Joslin Sagaria Hendriks in 2022, last Thursday told Judge Claudia Claasen that he wished his brother could come back. Hendricks, who was convicted on 6 June 2025, took the stand during his pre-sentencing hearing....
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...
ONGENGA – A family at Oshikuyu village in Ohangwena region is reeling from shock after a mentally ill relative allegedly attacked members of his own family with a panga, killing his 88-year-old grandmother and seriously injuring two other family members aged seven and 14. The village is in the Ongenga constituency. According to police Deputy...
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...
A 24-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Okongo Magistrate’s Court today after allegedly fatally stabbing her 30-year-old brother with a knife on Saturday at Oshikuni village in Ohangwena region. Warrant Officer Andreas Nghiyolwa of Ohangwena confirmed the incident, identifying the deceased as Thomas Abraham. A police report says the suspect returned home late...
The 38-year-old South African woman who was convicted of motor vehicle theft and contravening several sections of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 29 of 2004 (POCA), was sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on Wednesday. Chante Coetzee was convicted on three counts. She was sentenced to...
A 26-year-old man with a mental illness allegedly killed his 88-year-old grandmother by hacking her with a panga. He also allegedly injured his seven-year-old nephew and 14-year-old niece yesterday at Oshikuyu village in the Ohangwena Region. Deputy Commissioner Melanie Mburu said that after hacking his grandmother, the suspect pushed her into a fire and set...
OSHAKATI- A 27-year-old woman is currently admitted in the Oshakati Hospital with multiple stab wounds after she was repeatedly raped and attacked by an unknown man. The incident occurred on Monday evening at Omalyata village in Ohangwena region, at a homestead where she is a domestic worker. Police have confirmed the incident, but the suspect...
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...