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Prominent Namibian lawyer Dirk Conradie has reignited the black empowerment debate in the Windhoek High Court, where he stands accused of flouting processes for gratification. Conradie, who took High Court judge Thomas Masuku through his journey from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of Namibia’s legal fraternity, said the purpose for meeting the owners of DV8...
Iuze Mukube Two accused persons made a first court appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday facing a charge of fraud related to the N$3.2 million weighbridge scandal. Grant Cloete, an employee of SA Scale Company and his co-accused, Roads Authority (RA) divisional manager Richard Milinga appeared before magistrate Mutafela Olga Muharukua. The two...
Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute this week found two former farm employees guilty of the gruesome murder of an elderly couple in Gobabis in 2018. Bernadus Afrikaner (37) and Salathiel Unaeb (49) faced 11 charges in relation to the murders of Armin Siegfried Riedel (68) and his wife Brunhild Riedel (66). The...
A Windhoek resident, who was accused of breaking into a shack in the Goreangab informal settlement and raping two women, was found not guilty last week on all counts by Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan. The judge found that the forensic and medical evidence did not link Moses Salele conclusively to the commission of...
Eba Kandovazu Namibian Police Force Deputy Inspector General Elias Mutota has confirmed the arrest of three family members in connection with the Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) diamond heist that took place in Windhoek in January 2025.The arrested trio has been identified as George Cloete, his wife Charmaine Cloete, and his brother Bino Cloete. Mutota could...
Iuze Mukube A Zimbabwean couple accused of killing a nine-year-old girl told Judge Philanda Christiaan on Tuesday that they were intimidated by police investigators into disclosing incriminating information in their warning statements. During the trial-within-a-trial proceeding, Caroline and Edward Nkata, who are challenging the admissibility of their statements, argued that they were not properly informed...
The doctor that conducted the examination on a three-year-old girl allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man in Aranos concluded that forceful penetration took place. Dr Dawina Oaes told Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on Tuesday that when she examined the little girl, she found bruises, swelling and a tear on her private parts. She...
KATIMA MULILO – Two men have tragically lost their lives in separate incidents in the Zambezi region over the weekend, police confirmed. In the first incident, a 56-year-old Namibian man, Oliver Chunga Simasiku, was found dead on Saturday afternoon in the Lusu area near Katima Mulilo. Zambezi regional police spokesperson Kisco Sitali said, the deceased...
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...