Iuze Mukube Judge Alfred Siboleka on Monday convicted four men on counts of murder, stock theft and defeating the course of justice. The charges relate to the murder of stock theft investigator Hiambepo ‘Major’ Kazeurua on 28 December 2012 in the Gobabis district. Stockley Kauejao, Matheu Kakururume, Muvare Kaporo and Afas Kamutjemo stood trial on...
Crime and Courts
Man ‘kills’ uncle, attacks cousin
OSHAKATI – A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly hacking his 94-year-old uncle to death and seriously injuring his 17-year-old cousin at Onekwaya West on Monday. Warrant Officer Andrew Nghiyolwa of the Namibian Police Force’s Community Policing Sub-division in the Ohangwena Region told Nampa the incident occurred around 10h00. The deceased elder has been...
‘I will kill you’ … husband convicted of wife’s murder
Iuze Mukube “You have killed me” were the last words of Fransiska Ngeve Simaho, who died at the hands of the man who was supposed to protect her. Andreas Kapepo Kudumo was on Monday found guilty of killing his wife by stabbing her with a knife before hitting her head with an iron rod. The...
Police seize drugs worth N$3.5 million in March 2025
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) said it has seized drugs worth over N$3.5 million in the month of March this year. NamPol in a media statement issued yesterday said the drugs seized were cannabis weighing 312 560 kilogrammes valued at N$3 125 600 and 3 965 Mandrax tablets valued at N$475 800. Cocaine powder of...
Woman denied bail in attempted murder case
Mulisa Simiyasa OTJIWARONGO – Katrina Geises was denied bail by the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon when she made her first court appearance in a case of attempted murder. She was arrested at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region on Friday for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend with a knife once on the left side of...
Weekend crashes claim eight lives
Eba Kandovazu Eight people died in car accidents recorded by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) across the country over the weekend, with the youngest victims being two eight-year-old boys. A crime incident report said eight-year-old Lukas Sheehamange died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the Onakalunga-Oushake road at Eenhana in the Ohangwena region...
Alleged child rapists want charges withdrawn
Eba Kandovazu Two men, accused of trafficking and raping an 11-year-old girl on separate occasions, have lodged an application in the Windhoek High Court to have the charges withdrawn in terms of section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act. Dirk von Weidts (73) is charged alongside 46-year-old Arrie Jors. The alleged rape incidents happened at...
Drug abuse, poverty blamed for Usakos murders … suspect ‘confesses’ to sickening killings
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...
Man nabbed for selling stolen uniforms
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...
Return to senses, Amushelelo told
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...