KEETMANSHOOP- Six more members of the Namibian Police Special Reserve Force, based in Keetmanshoop have been added as suspects to the matter related to the murder of local resident, Elleste ‘Speedy’ Plaatjies. This follows a decision by the Office of the Prosecutor General on the matter. They appeared in the Keetmanshoop magistrate’ s court on...
Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo on Thursday set the trial of a man accused of killing his pregnant wife in 2014 to commence on 1 December 2025. Johannes Swartbooi is facing a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act. The charge is in...
Iuze Mukube A former employee of Namdia has denied the allegations contained in a charge of robbery of diamonds worth over N$300 million levelled against him. The diamonds are alleged to have been stolen by the employee in an armed heist that took place in January this year at the parastatal’s headquarters in Windhoek. Joe Angula...
Iuze Mukube A 32-year-old resident of Walvis Bay, who is accused of killing the five-year-old son of his domestic partner, is expected to hear the dates for his trial within the next two weeks. The accused, Riddick Melchior Narib, made a brief appearance before Windhoek High Court Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo yesterday. Prinsloo postponed the...
NKURENKURU – A case of attempted murder as well as contravening the Health Professional Act has been opened against a self-proclaimed prophet at Leviticus Voice of Prophet Church in Mazwa village. This was after a concoction he allegedly brewed landed a 12-year-old boy in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Rundu Intermediate Hospital. The registered church...
SWAKOPMUND – Spitzkoppe tour guide Melvin Areseb who was allegedly assaulted by three police officers from Usakos while responding to a domestic dispute is suing the government, Namibian Police and the officers for N$2.8 million. Areseb was assaulted on 22 August after the three officers were called by Areseb’s mother during an altercation among the...
Iuze Mukube A resident of Luderitz, who is accused of killing his four-month pregnant wife by allegedly stabbing her with a kitchen knife and kicking her, will be expected to appear in the High Court today for the allocation of a trial date and judge. Johannes Swartbooi is facing a charge of murder, read with...
Iuze Mukube The leave to appeal application of former justice minister Sacky Shanghala and two of his co-accused was rejected yesterday. They sought for intervention from the Supreme Court on a High Court judgement against their request for additional documents pertaining to communications between the Anti-Corruption Commission and investigators in their case. The judgement was...
Nine people have died while 15 others sustained injuries in a horrific head-on collision between a public transport bus and a construction tipper truck on the B1 road near Oniimbwele village in the Oshikoto region on Monday. The tragic crash comes as the road carnage continues to claim lives. Namibian Police have confirmed that 414...
Iuze Mukube A local microlending company has dragged the government through the finance ministry to court over the decision to cease payroll deductions on its Payroll Deduction Management System (PDMS) by 30 November. Entrépo Finance instituted an urgent application in the Windhoek High Court claiming that the decision to discontinue deduction codes from being loaded...