Iuze Mukube The mother of a one-year-old baby, whose body was discovered buried in a shallow grave on Farm Bucholtzbrunn in 2023, bearing multiple stab wounds to the neck, chest and abdomen, was found guilty of killing the infant yesterday. Vapeni Lucia Boois was tried in the Windhoek High Court before Judge Philanda Christiaan. The...
Iuze Mukube A 50-year-old man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, allegedly for fear that she would testify against him in a rape case, told the court that alcohol and anger led him to kill his former girlfriend and the mother of his children. Arnold Khamseb was testifying for mitigation in a pre-sentencing proceeding yesterday before...
SWAKOPMUND – Residents of Usakos are demanding more police visibility and stricter bail measures for violent criminals. The concerned community held a peaceful protest yesterday morning and handed over a petition at the Usakos Magistrate’s Court. The petition was received by prosecutor Steven Kamunima, just before murder accused Steven “Xam” Garoëb (39) made his first...
SWAKOPMUND – Blood-stained clothes hidden inside a water tanker led a team of police investigators to the man suspected of killing 43-year-old Imolatria Dominika Gaoses in Usakos on Friday. The 39-year-old man, who grew up in the same residential area as the deceased, was arrested on Friday afternoon after the clothes he was wearing earlier...
Katima Mulilo – Katima Mulilo woke up to news of a daring break-in at the town council offices in the wee hours of Saturday. By sunrise, management officials had already converged on the scene, moving from office to office as they assessed damage, and coordinated their next steps. Council spokesperson Chrispin Muyoba described how intruders...
Iuze Mukube A Windhoek High Court Judge on Friday vocally condemned the killing of a close family member by a father and son, stating that the killing of the deceased within a domestic relationship constituted an aggravating factor. Judge Philanda Christiaan stated this factor requires stern judicial response to deter violence within the family and...
Iuze Mukube Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Fillemon Wise Immanuel withdrew his urgent application lodged in the Windhoek High Court resulting from a supposed denial under oath by the magistrates that they are not striking or have engaged in a go-slow during the hearing last Friday. The minister’s application sought an order declaring the...
Iuze Mukube A 45-year-old resident of Rehoboth on Monday tendered a not guilty plea before Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku denying that he unlawfully and intentionally stabbed his brother with a knife on the chest. Riaan Andrew van Wyk is facing a charge of murder and another of attempted murder. The state alleges that...
The Namibian Police have raised the alarm over the increasing use of drugs and other illegal substances among school-going children, following a recent operation that uncovered concerning items in the possession of several learners. According to Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, the national police recently conducted a search at a local school in Windhoek, this week,...
Iuze Mukube A ruling of Acting Judge Petrus Unengu yesterday will see four convicts, who were sentenced to more than 20-years imprisonment for the attempt to secede the then-Caprivi region from Namibia in 1998, heading to the Supreme Court to appeal their sentence. Progress Kenyoka Munuma, Shine Samulandela Samulandela, Manuel Manapelo Makendano, and Hoster Simasiku...