WALVIS BAY – Seven people died as a result of vehicle accidents and suicide over the long weekend, while one person is reportedly missing in the Erongo region. A driver has been charged with culpable homicide as well as drunk driving after being involved in an accident that killed five people on the Karibib-Okahandja road....
Iuze Mukube A 35-year-old Okahandja Park resident, accused of murdering her former boyfriend and his girlfriend by setting them alight in a shack while asleep, pleaded not guilty to the murder, and arson charges on Monday. Mecthilde Karomo informed Judge Claudia Claasen that she will not offer any plea explanation and instead placed the onus on...
Iuze Mukube Former fisheries, land reform and agriculture minister Mac-Albert Hengari (59) and his 30-year-old co-accused made their first court appearance yesterday in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. The duo, who appeared before Magistrate Monica Andjaba, each face a charge of attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice. It is alleged that on 26...
State Advocate Anna Amukugo on Thursday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen to find a 24-year-old Lüderitz resident guilty of the murder of his biological brother. Brenton Hendricks allegedly stabbed his elder brother Joslin Sagaria Hendricks at least seven times on 25 September 2022 at the Spokiesdorp location in Lüderitz. He pleaded not guilty,...
Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute last week declared the bank records of Sakaria Megameno Namwandi, obtained by the Bank of Namibia (BoN) and Namibian Police Force, admissible as evidence during the fraud trial. Namwandi allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme, and is accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million during 2019....
OKAHANDJA – The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) has been directed to act swiftly and deploy everything at its disposal to investigate recent murders that have rocked the Garden Town – Okahandja – and ensure the perpetrators are apprehended and prosecuted. This directive was given by Safety and Security minister Lucia Iipumbu, who condemned the rising...
Iuze Mukube Khorixas man Barnabas Nawaseb was last Friday convicted of murder with direct intent for fatally attacking his partner with a pickaxe. The judgment was delivered by Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen after the 32-year-old stood trial facing charges of housebreaking with intent to murder and murder, read with the provisions of the...
Iuze Mukube A Zimbabwean couple and a mother, who are accused of murdering a nine-year-old girl, Akundaishe Natalie Chipomho in Windhoek between 23 and 25 January 2020, are challenging the validity of their warning statements. Edward Nkata, Caroline Nkata and Rachel Kureva face one count of murder and further counts of violating a dead body,...
Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Doris Hans-Kaumbi granted the chairperson of the Immigration Selection Board and the chief of immigration, an interdict to stop the lawyers of a German couple from implementing an order to grant them residence permits. After Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Collins Parker found in favour of a German couple who...
Eba Kandovazu One of the first police officers to arrive at the scene where the charred remains of nine-year-old Natalie Chipomho were discovered in Windhoek on 25 January 2020, testified on Tuesday that her face was not recognisable. The gruesome discovery of the child’s body was made on 25 January 2020 by a security guard...