Iuze Mukube A 25-year-old man from Gobabis, who was convicted for murder and two counts of attempted murder, was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment by Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Makapa Simasiku on Monday. Denzel Xavier Dawids was convicted on 22 September 2025 for the death of Yolande Regina McCullum after hitting her with his...
Iuze Mukube Former justice minister Sacky Shanghala and his co-accused have lodged an application to be allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court against the ruling of Acting Judge Marilize du Plessis, which disallowed them from having access to bilateral agreements. The bilateral agreement, which forms part of the case docket, was of Namibia, Iceland,...
Iuze Mukube A call for accountability echoed in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. The Ovaherero and Nama people sought an order compelling the Federal Republic of Germany to join as a party in their application for judicial review on the Joint Declaration agreement. The main application seeks relief to set aside the Joint Declaration agreement...
Iuze Mukube A 53-year-old gambler, who was convicted of defrauding a private school of N$2.8 million during her tenure as the financial manager, was sentenced to an effective seven-year prison term on Monday. Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Makapa Simasiku sentenced Maria Johanna Coetzee to 10 years. However, the court suspended three years of the...
Iuze Mukube State advocate Maria Shilongo yesterday asked the Windhoek High Court to convict John Kangumbe Mutirua of abducting and raping a minor, intentionally killing Albertus Maasdorp, and attempting to murder Sililika Witbeen in 2023. Mutirua (23) is being tried on two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, defeating...
Matheus David Communities across the country were left reeling this past weekend after a series of violent crimes, including rape, murder and stock theft. What should have been peaceful days turned tragic as families mourned loved ones and others counted their losses due to relentless acts of violence. According to the Namibian police weekly crime...
Panic spread in Outapi over the weekend after seven inmates escaped from police custody, prompting the Omusati police to launch a region-wide manhunt. Omusati Police regional commander Ismael Basson, confirmed the incident. He said the prisoners escaped by cutting through the roof of their holding cell on Saturday night at the Outapi police station. “Seven...
Auleria Wakudumo A 54-year-old man, accused of stabbing his customer to death over a N$2 dispute at Onankali has been denied bail by the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court. The suspect, Simeon Angula, a resident of Onankali village in the Oshikoto region, made his first court appearance on Tuesday on a murder charge. Angula remains in custody...
KATIMA MULILO – Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism’s chief warden for the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) Willem Ponahazo is accused of conspiring with poachers. He was denied bail by the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The accused made his first court appearance on charges of conspiracy to hunt specially protected game (rhinos)...
Lahja Nashuuta The killer/s of five-year-old Ingrid Maasdorp and her classmate Roslin Fabian remain at large as the police await the release of crucial DNA results from the laboratory. Five-year-old Maasdorp was murdered in Okahandja on 20 March. Her body was discovered the next day in a tunnel near a bridge in the Veddersdal area...