Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court judges Herman January and Philanda Christiaan dismissed a rape charge against Dennis Noa (29) on Friday. This arose from an appeal to the High Court by Noa against an eight-year rape sentence meted out by Windhoek Regional Court magistrate Victor Nyazo earlier. The former intern medical doctor was convicted of...
RUNDU – Five rape-accused men arrested last Monday for allegedly raping minor girls at the Kavango East region’s Nyangana Catholic Mission’s hostel, were denied bail last week. The accused were living at the Nyangana mission, and had access to the female learners housed at the mission’s hostel. Sources stated that the rape activities allegedly happened...
The alleged killers of renowned stock theft investigator Hiambepo ‘Major’ Kazeurua are in for another long wait for the finalisation of their trial. The matter, which was supposed to start in 2014, was plagued by postponements because of recusal applications, the withdrawal of lawyers and bail applications. This time, it is the unavailability of the...
State prosecutor advocate Ethel Ndlovu on Friday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku to impose a sentence that would deter would-be offenders from committing murder in a domestic setting. She said this during submissions for the appropriate sentence to be imposed on Jeremias Nowaseb (40), who was convicted of murder, read with provisions of...
Iuze Mukube Alloys Sipapo, who was convicted of abducting and raping a five-year-old girl, was last Friday sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was also sentenced to one year for abduction, which was ordered to run concurrently with the 15-year rape sentence. Handing down the sentence, regional magistrate Esme Molefe said although the accused...
Iuze Mukube A former police officer was sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and defeating the course of justice. Sackaria Kuutondokwa Kokule (52) appeared in the Windhoek Magistrates’ Court, where he was sentenced on Monday. Two years of his jail sentence were suspended on condition he does not commit a similar offence within...
KATIMA MULILO – The chief education officer, who was recently arrested for using a government vehicle to transport buffalo meat, was granted N$20 000 bail by a Katima Mulilo magistrate. Elvis Liwakala (46) made his first court appearance before magistrate Davy Kambinda this week, facing charges of poaching, possession and transporting game meat without a...
Iuze Mukube An urgent application brought before the Windhoek High Court by a faction of the Christian Democratic Voice (CDV), fell flat on Monday, and was struck from the roll by Judge Kobus Miller. The application sought an order directing the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to declare the parliamentary candidate list – submitted by...
Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January on Friday convicted a 46-year-old man of murdering his common-law wife by stabbing her at least 16 times with a knife on Christmas Day in 2021. The incident happened in full view of the minor children of the deceased, Ndapandula Ndinelago Imene. They had to testify in an open...
Fourteen community members from Gava village in Kavango West were arrested and detained at Nkurenkuru police station yesterday after they allegedly put down poles from a portion of land in their village, which they claim was illegally fenced off. Community members are planning to protest against the arrest.