Police at Aranos in the Hardap region are investigating a case of fraud after a 48-year-old woman was defrauded of over N$800 000. The incident happened on Friday between 16h00 and 17h00. It is alleged that the victim received a phone call from someone, who introduced himself as an employee of Telecom Namibia. He said...
USAKOS – Cold-blooded family murders have left the small town of Usakos gripped by horror and disbelief, with the ripple-effects of the tragedy being felt across the country. The incident took place in the Hakhaseb location between 04h00 and 06h30 on Saturday. It claimed the lives of an 86-year-old matriarch and four great-grandchildren, who were...
OMUTHIYA – A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 44-year-old father at Iino village in the Oshikoto region’s Onyaanya Constituency on Tuesday. The Namibian Police Force’s Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Titus Ekandjo informed Nampa that a case of rape has been opened against the suspect. The suspect allegedly called his daughter to...
Iuze Mukube A 31-year-old man, facing a charge of murdering his girlfriend, took the stand yesterday before Windhoek High Court judge Claudia Claasen, and said she was still alive when he left the shack on the day of the incident. Lolo Tweumona Kambwela denied that he caused the death of Nghimushima Haufiku, on 13 February...
RUNDU – The Rundu Magistrate’s Court denied bail on Monday to teenagers accused of robbing and killing a school learner over a cellphone last month in Rundu. Joackim Kanyanga (18) and John Asake Mario (18) are facing charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances. The charges are in relation to the death of Paulus...
Magistrate Olga Muharukua yesterday granted bail to the three police officers implicated in a corruption case involving bribes amounting to at least N$ 25 000. Deputy Commissioner Rector Sandema (51), Detective Senior Inspector Martin Basson (56), and Detective Senior Inspector Johannes Anghuwo (49) first appeared before the court on 28 February 2025, when their bail...
Iuze Mukube Vapeni Lucia Boois, a former police officer accused of killing her one-year-old infant, vehemently denied being mentally disturbed before Judge Philanda Christiaan on Monday. She was contesting the psychiatric evaluation report presented to the court by senior psychiatrist Hilen Ndjaba. The findings reached in the psychiatric report are that Boois is fit to...
Iuze Mukube Judge Philanda Christiaan yesterday imposed a 25-year prison sentence to a 29-year-old man, accused of the murder of his employer in 2022. Rodney Hoxobeb is convicted on the counts of murder, robbery, reckless driving, driving without a driver’s licence and driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The charges are in relation to...
Preliminary investigations around a 44-year-old northern school principal accused of raping his 15-year-old daughter, have been completed. Education minister Sanet Steenkamp confirmed this to New Era. “He has been charged. That is correct. The internal processes will now continue,” she added. Ohangwena education director Isak Hamatwi said the accused principal was provided with his charge-sheet...
In a concurring decision, the Namibia Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an application by the man dubbed the ‘Swakopmund Butcher’ to be released on parole after spending the last 25 years in jail. Thomas Adolf Florin (59) was sentenced to life imprisonment on 22 December 1999 after he was convicted of brutally murdering his wife in...