Iuze Mukube The legal bout on the continued functionality of the Payroll Deductions Management System (PDMS) is on its way to the Supreme Court. This follows a notice of intention of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court by local microlender Entrepo Finance. Entrepo seeks leave to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of its application...
Iuze Mukube Riddick Melchior /Narib, the man convicted for killing his five-year-old stepson, during mitigation proceedings last week narrated events that unfolded on that fateful day. He cited personal struggles and a relationship breakdown with the boy’s mother as main reasons that pushed him into killing his stepson by hitting him with a brick multiple...
KATIMA MULILO – A Namibian man lost his life in a suspected hit-and-run incident that occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning in the Kongola area of the Zambezi region. Confirming the incident yesterday, Zambezi police regional commander Commissioner Andreas Shilelo said the accident happened around 06h00 on Road 349 near the Lizauli Road...
Iuze Mukube Investigations into the approximated N$400 million corruption and fraud at the Namibia Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) have resulted in the addition of another accused. Heidi Boois, a former employee of Bank Windhoek, made an appearance yesterday at the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. The accused, who was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of...
The weekend crime report recorded various incidents ranging from fatal road accidents and violent robberies to sexual offences, drug-related arrests and tragic deaths involving children. Fatal accidents At Omatjete, Penouua Nombuiro Kamunguma, a 36-year-old driver of a white Land Rover vehicle and Jennevy Herunga, aged 35 Namibian female passenger died after the driver lost control...
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – The bail hearing for Naomi Fisch was postponed to today after she and co-accused, Steve Schneiders, were served with a preservation order by Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa. The duo is accused of drug trafficking and money laundering. It was postponed at the Rehoboth Magistrate’s Court last week. The application seeks to...
Windhoek High Court Judge Essi Schimming-Chase has given Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa 90 days to resolve the Gciriku chieftaincy dispute and ensure the right claimant is installed as Hompa. On Friday, Schimming-Chase set aside the 12 September 2023 decision of former urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni to approve the designation...
Iuze Mukube Riddick Melchior /Narib (32), who was accused of killing his five-year-old stepson by hitting him repeatedly with a brick on the head and cutting him with a knife, was found guilty of the charge yesterday. The deceased, Dantali Wilfried, was the son of his domestic partner, Memory Eises, whom he had been married...
ONHUNO – A 44-year-old police sergeant, Dimbulukeveni Namhila, who allegedly killed a truck driver at Onhuno, has been released on bail of N$2 000. Namhila was released on 23 December after appearing in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court for the sixth time. The case has been postponed to 28 April 2026 for further police investigations. Ohangwena...
Iuze Mukube A date for the trial of two residents of Walvis Bay, accused of murdering, raping and robbing a bank employee on 30 December 2023, is expected to be arranged on Thursday. Quanito van Vuuren (27) and Moses Sem (22) made a pre-trial appearance yesterday before Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan. They face...