RUNDU – The weekend was marked by a violent home invasion, a brazen smuggling attempt at a police station, and two tragic deaths that have left local communities in mourning in the two Kavango regions. Residents of Hilka Park in Rundu were shaken awake in the early hours of Sunday, when a gang of three armed...
Auleria Wakudumo The Hai||om have launched a landmark legal action against the government seeking recognition of their ancestral land rights over Etosha National Park and neighbouring Mangetti West farms. The director of the Hai||om association Toni Hancox confirmed through a media release seen by this publication that it has filed a case in the High...
Iuze Mukube Murder convict Jandre Dippenaar has lodged an application to appeal a judgement that dismissed his appeal against his conviction and sentence. Dippenaar became the first in the country to be convicted and sentenced for murder because of dolus eventualis, instead of culpable homicide, in a case resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Due...
Bravery Kabula Robberies were the most frequently reported crimes in the Namibian Police’s weekend incident report covering 6 to 8 March 2026. Police also recorded suicides, rape cases, drug-related offences, stock theft, housebreaking and inquests across several regions. In Cimbebasia, Windhoek, a 19-year-old man was robbed of a cell phone and backpack valued at about...
Iuze Mukube Jonas Murao, a man facing multiple charges of rape and housebreaking, is said to have admitted to committing the crimes for which he is being tried in the Windhoek High Court. The State Advocate Dominic Lisulo during cross-examination on Thursday said, Murao (45) admitted in his response to the State’s pre-trial memorandum that...
Iuze Mukube Two men, who are said to be part of the group facing murder charges for the death of prosecutor Justine Shiweda, had their case transferred from Windhoek Magistrate’s Court to Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court. The transfer, which was granted on Thursday, follows the request from public prosecutor Erick Naikaku for the accused Petrus Uusiku...
Makanga rape A 26-year-old Zambian man, Mayumbelo Maiba, entered a not guilty plea on Monday when he made his first appearance in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court following his arrest over the alleged rape of a minor. The rape incident allegedly took place in the Makanga area of the Linyanti Constituency in the Zambezi region...
Iuze Mukube A Hoachanas resident, who is accused of a string of rape charges, notably one involving a four-month-old baby girl, told the court that he was not present when the alleged incidents occurred. Jonas Murao (45) was testifying in his defence before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday. Murao faces nine charges, including two...
RUNDU – The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) recorded three deaths over the weekend after three people were reportedly struck by lightning in separate incidents. A weekend crime report issued by NamPol spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi states that the body of 56-year-old Marando Bernhard Dikoro was found under a tree behind a filling station in Divundu on Friday....
Two people died following a train accident near Naute early Sunday morning. The train, operated by Rovos Rail, derailed at about 05h00. The accident happened near Naute, about 100 kilometres from Keetmanshoop. TransNamib CEO Desmond Van Jaarsveld confirmed the incident and said emergency teams were sent to the scene immediately. “Our priority was and remains...