Iuze Mukube As the curtain fell on the ongoing Namcor corruption scandal case yesterday, details emerged pointing to a tale of how public resources were allegedly looted at an industrial scale by once-powerful individuals and their cronies. Playing out in court this week, arguments brought to light elements of close-knit ties and how beef was...
Crime and Courts
Hamupanda’s ‘killers’ in court
Six men accused of the brutal murder of Patrick Hawala ‘Waka’ Hamupanda (31) made their first appearance in the Windhoek High Court before Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo this week. Lukas Nghishekwa Simon (40), Festus Vulika Nehemia (28), Lukas Ndapanda Andreas (27), Kleopas Nghishikushitya Amutenya (28), Felix Armani Imfusi (30), and Modestus Mwawedange Wilhelm (32)...
Terrorism accused wants State lawyer
A Grootfontein resident facing a terrorism charge amongst a host of other charges has applied to be represented by a State lawyer. This was indicated on Tuesday by his current privately instructed lawyer, Wihan Brand, when Jona Hangula (34) made a third appearance in the Windhoek High Court for a scheduled pre-trial hearing. Brand told...
Amushelelo, Cloete trial next month
The criminal trial of self-proclaimed forex trader-turned activist-turned politician, Michael Amushelelo, and his business partner, Gergory Cloete, was postponed to 7 August this year for a trial judge to be assigned to them. This was indicated yesterday by Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo during a scheduled pre-trial hearing. The trial has been delayed for over...
Namibia’s suicide pandemic unmasked
Molly Weyulu In the quiet corridors of Namibian homes, an unspoken crisis is emerging, one that is claiming lives faster than society can respond.Between January and March this year, 124 people died by suicide in Namibia, with 108 of these being men. The statistics, recently released by the Namibian Police, paint a sobering picture of...
British ‘paedophile’ seeks N$50 000 bail
Mulisa Simiyasa GROOTFONTEIN – The British tourist detained at Maroelaboom Police Station is seeking release on bail of N$50 000. He was arrested over the alleged Tsumkwe West nude photographs of San children at the Grashoek Living Museum in May this year. Douglas Robert Brooks (65) has been in custody since May. He informed the...
Shifeta pours cold water over rape allegations
Ex-cabinet minister and current member of Parliament Pohamba Shifeta has denied rape allegations after a criminal case was opened against him by a woman with whom he has fathered a five-year-old girl. The purported rape incident happened on Independence Day, some three months ago. But the case was only opened on Monday. Shifeta dismissed the...
Two dead after canoe capsized in the Zambezi
KATIMA MULILO – Two people were confirmed dead by the Namibian Police in the Zambezi region on Sunday afternoon after their canoe capsized in the Zambezi River last Monday. According to Zambezi regional police spokesperson and Head of Community Policing, Chief Inspector Kisco Sitali, the incident happened at Impalila Island along the Namibia-Zambia border while...
Woman killed by boyfriend at Rosh Pinah
Suzith Tjitaura KEETMANSHOOP – A 28-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend at Rosh Pinah in the //Kharas region on Friday. Namibian Police crime investigations coordinator for the region, Deputy Commissioner Nicodemus Mbango, on Sunday said the incident happened between 20h00 and 21h00 at the Tutungeni residential area. The deceased was identified...
Prosecutor cleared on rape charges
A public prosecutor stationed at Mariental was exonerated on a charge of rape on a section 174 application. Regional Magistrate Stanley Tembwe granted the application lodged by prominent criminal defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji on behalf of public prosecutor Romeo Goagoseb. Goagoseb was accused of having had sexual relations with a woman in Mariental without her...