A 59-year-old woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she allegedly set the shack on fire while she was inside in an attempted suicide mission. The woman allegedly resorted to the unthinkable after learning that her husband was involved in extramarital affairs. The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 17h00 at Epya location in Ondangwa in the Oshana region. Oshana crime...
Iuze Mukube After Rodney Hoxobeb, the alleged murderer of 65-year-old Tallismanus farmer Christof Mberitjiwa Mungunda, placed the burden on the State to prove the elements of the two charges to which he pleaded not guilty, three witnesses took the stand. The 29-year-old faces charges of murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, reckless or negligent...
Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa (PG)’s quest hit a snag yesterday to have the assets of the foreign directors in the Fishrot case and the companies they represent attached and restrained. Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya dismissed an application by Imalwa in her fight to attach the assets of all the Fishrot accused. She has...
An Aranos man accused of breaking into the house of his neighbour and raping a three-year-old girl child, pleaded not guilty on Monday before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen. Hans Hendrick Dreyer (35) is facing a charge of housebreaking with intent to rape and rape. He did not provide a plea explanation, and said...
Emmanuel Koro JOHANNESBURG – Last week, two Gauteng Province, South Africa-based companies paid for the environmental crimes that they committed by supplying thousands of trees and shrubs (in-kind-payment) to the Gauteng Department of Environment (GDEnv), then used the money to pay for the balance of their fines. Non-compliance with stipulated fines will result in harsh...
A 14-year-old girl was reportedly raped at Okahandja’s dumping site in the Nau-Aib location in the early hours of Saturday, while on her way home. The incident happened around 03h00 when the girl was approached by a known suspect. He reportedly took her to the dumping site area, where he forcefully had sexual intercourse with...
Iuze Mukube Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi, one of the key figures implicated in the Fishrot corruption, fraud and racketeering scandal, is now seeking permission to take his fight for release to the Supreme Court. Last Friday, he lodged an application in the High Court to appeal his previous bail application based on new facts. Acting Judge...
OMUTHIYA – A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another 20-year-old man to death at Okangororosa village in the Oshikoto region’s Omuthiya constituency yesterday. The Namibian Police’s crime investigations coordinator for the Oshikoto region, Deputy Commissioner Titus Ekandjo, informed Nampa that the incident occurred around 03h00 and the deceased was identified as Haiyaka Tangeniomwene,...
KATIMA MULILO – A heartbreaking incident unfolded in Mashosho village in Kongola between Friday and Saturday when an eight-year-old boy, Tapelo Liyemo, was found dead by suicide. According to police reports, Liyemo, a Grade 2 learner at Kongola Combined School, had returned home from school around 13h30. “He was looking for food, but found that...
Patrick Geingob, a former teacher accused of murdering his wife Merentha Geingos on 14 April 2019, is struggling to secure the money he needs to pay for a psychiatrist to testify on his behalf. He is accused of murdering his wife by stabbing her at least 12 times with a kitchen knife at their house...