A 75-year-old pensioner suffered after she was raped and robbed of N$2100 by her 21-year-old neighbour at Omatangala village in the Ohangwena region. Chief Inspector Foibe Petrus of Ohangwena confirmed that the incident occurred on Sunday, around 02:00, at the victim’s house. Police said the suspect went to the victim’s room while she was sleeping...
OKATANA – The mother of a 36-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend in Epanya village, Okatana constituency of Oshana, has revealed years of abuse at the hands of her son. Martha Ndjendja said she had asked him to leave her house in June due to repeated verbal assaults. The suspect was arrested following the...
Iuze Mukube Family ties, friendships, acquaintances and what has been suggested as a possible conspiratorial relationship were laid bare by an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officer yesterday in the Namcor-rot scandal. ACC chief investigating officer Oberty Inambao, who stood in the witness dock yesterday, told the court that there is evidence linking Cedric Willemse to the...
Former minister of justice Sacky Shangala has notified the new judge in the Fishrot trial Marileze du Plessis that he intends to apply for leave to appeal two rulings that went against him. The first is the ruling by Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo that dismissed an application by Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwateluloto...
Kaviveterue Virere Deadly stabbing In Okahandja Park, Ernesto Lucas Ngongo Ndara (19), was fatally stabbed on Saturday morning. The tragedy unfolded when he and a friend went to fetch water from a communal tap – an ordinary task that turned violent after an argument broke out with two men. Police accounts state that the suspect...
Iuze Mukube During the bail hearing yesterday in the fraud and corruption case, former Namcor’s logistics manager Cedric Willemse revealed that Erongo Petroleum was never his first choice as a customer for a fuel supply agreement with the oil parastatal. He was debunking the State’s allegation that he conspired with others to allow Enercon and...
A Gobabis resident, convicted of a series of rapes and robberies, has completed his court-ordered mental assessment to determine whether he is able to appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions. Richard Kennedy Haoseb from Kanaan location was earlier this year ordered by Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku to be assessed by a State-employed psychiatrist....
The 33-year-old man, who allegedly killed his minor children on Sunday evening, travelled with them from Windhoek to the Oshikoto region. This was hours after he allegedly attempted to strangle their mother with a rope. The suspect, who appears before the Ondangwa Magistrates’ Court today, is originally from Onkani village in the Omuntele constituency, where...
Auleria Wakudum ONDANGWA – The Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court last week denied bail to a man accused of murdering his wife at a cuca shop in full view of the public and the victim’s mother. Immanuel Hainyanyula (49) made his first court appearance on Wednesday on a charge of murder, read with the provisions of domestic...
Iuze Mukube The prosecution in the Namcor corruption saga has contended that ex-logistics manager, Cedric Willemse, pocketed bribes and kickbacks from fugitive Victor Malima to sway the controversial deal between Namcor and Enercon. Advocate Basson Lilungwe, who made the remark last Friday during the bail hearing, claimed Willemse received backhands from Malima after he had...