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USAKOS – Drug abuse, a cycle of sheer poverty and a moment of madness have surfaced as harbingers to the killings of six family members in cold blood, suspectedly at the hands of their own. “A child raised in the skirt of his grandmother since the age of five doesn’t just wake up and beat...
ONDANGWA – Petrus Absalom (24), was arrested on Monday after he was allegedly caught red handed selling police uniforms in Ondangwa. Absalom appeared in court yesterday and was denied bail. The matter was postponed to 4 August 2025. Namibia Police Force’s deputy commissioner Fredrik Ndjadila said, the uniforms were reported stolen from a house two...
Iuze Mukube Acting Judge Anne-Doris Hans-Kaumbi said the aim of the sentence in a contempt of court [facie curiae] matter is to bring an offender to his senses in the very proceedings in which the offence is committed. Social activist Michael Amushelelo was convicted on a charge of contempt committed in court on 7 April...
Iuze Mukube Social activist Michael Amushelelo will today hear the outcome of the charge against him, meted out by Acting Judge Anne-Doris Hans-Kaumbi. On Monday evening, a decisive ruling convicted the social activist of contempt of court. He was arrested following a dramatic confrontation, where he publically denounced the judiciary as “puppets and “little gods”....
After Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Collins Parker found in favour of a German couple who challenged their refusal to be granted permanent residence in Namibia, authorities sought to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court. The authorities in question are Chairperson of the Immigration Selection Board, and the Chief of Immigration. Judge Parker ordered...
OUTJO – Four men accused of being involved in a large-scale cattle theft and mass slaughter incident in the Outjo district appeared in the Outjo Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where they were denied bail. The accused 47-year-old Kilian Masele; 34-year-old Matheus Kataeko; 30-year-old Vevangapi Kambapa; and 41-year-old Titus Negongo were arrested in Outjo and Otjiwarongo...
Iuze Mukube The contempt of court application by Namibian Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo against social activist Michael Amushelelo failed to proceed beyond the initial stages. Amushelelo yesterday informed Judge Anne-Doris Hans-Kaumbi of his intention to file a recusal application, aimed at her removal from the matter, which delayed the matter. Shikongo is suing Amushelelo...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – Four people have been arrested in connection with a stock theft case involving 31 cattle reportedly stolen from the Bergvlei and Mountbauten farms in the Outjo district. They are currently being held in the Outjo holding cells. Chief Inspector Vehangaiza Hindjou, the Head of Community Affairs for the Namibian Police in...
Police at Aranos in the Hardap region are investigating a case of fraud after a 48-year-old woman was defrauded of over N$800 000. The incident happened on Friday between 16h00 and 17h00. It is alleged that the victim received a phone call from someone, who introduced himself as an employee of Telecom Namibia. He said...
USAKOS – Cold-blooded family murders have left the small town of Usakos gripped by horror and disbelief, with the ripple-effects of the tragedy being felt across the country. The incident took place in the Hakhaseb location between 04h00 and 06h30 on Saturday. It claimed the lives of an 86-year-old matriarch and four great-grandchildren, who were...