A lawyer representing a man who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and accused of defrauding 79 persons to the tune of N$4.3 million, claimed on Monday that the State obtained records illegally. Lawyer Appolus Shimakeleni, who represented Sakaria Megameno Namwandi during negotiations with the Bank of Namibia, told Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute that...
A claim of N$5 million against New Era Publications Corporation and its managing editor, Johnathan Beukes, was dismissed in the High Court by Acting Judge Kobus Miller last week. Joseph Nakalemo instituted the claim against the publication for what he perceived as biased reporting on its side. He claimed that the publication and Beukes were...
The two daughters of Walvis Bay businessman Hans-Jorg Möller on Wednesday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku to send their father’s killers to jail for life. The young women, who may not be identified because of their age, told the court that their lives have irrevocably changed since the death of their father. They...
OSHAKATI – A 44-year-old school principal accused of raping his biological daughter, was last week granted bail of N$2 000 by the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court. He made his second appearance in court last Wednesday. His case was postponed to 7 August for further police investigations. Although known to New Era, the suspect cannot be named to...
After fining Kelly Nghixulifwa N$150 000 for fraud and corruption, Windhoek High Court acting judge Christi Liebenberg on Tuesday said mitigating factors in the case prevent him from imposing a custodial sentence. Nghixulifwa, who was CEO of the State-owned company Roads Contractor Company (RCC), received a N$150 000 fine or three years imprisonment plus two years...
Windhoek High Court acting judge Petrus Unengu yesterday convicted the remaining six Caprivi secessionists on high treason. The men were accused of trying to secede the then-Caprivi Strip from Namibia in August 1999. The judge, however, found that the charges of sedition and public violence constituted a duplication of the treason charge, and acquitted them...
A member of the Namibian Police described the scene at a house in Okuryangava, Windhoek, where a woman was butchered by her husband, as a “bloody mess”. Testifying in court on Wednesday, Warrant Officer Immanuel Shilamo of the Scene of Crime Division told Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January that upon entering the house shared by...
Theodore Shipanga (48) refused to tender a plea when he appeared on charges of murder, robbery and defeating the course of justice on Monday. Shipanga told Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen that he cannot plead to the charges, as he knows nothing about the whole ordeal. He was arrested 12 years after the murder...
American national convicted of murder, Kevan Townsend, and trial-awaiting prisoner, former magistrate Jaco Kennedy appeared in the Windhoek High Court on Monday in their fight for conjugal and private family visits.The two, appearing before Judge Collins Parker, are suing the minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, the Windhoek Correctional Facility, Commissioner General of...
Isai Sipunga The Otjomuise neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital Windhoek was shaken by a tragic incident that claimed the life of Kevin Kasuto, a 38-year-old resident. Initial reports emerging from local authorities said Kasuto was fatally stabbed on 20 July 2024 around 13h52 in Ompanda Street. Details are still emerging, and the exact...