Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Petrus Unengu on Monday imposed further custodial sentences on the seven remaining treason accused, ranging from five to 16 years. They were convicted in July on charges of high treason, charges under the Arms and Ammunitions Act, and the Immigration Control Act. The judge sentenced Progress Kenyoka Munuma to an...
Windhoek High Court Judge Eileen Rakow yesterday struck an urgent application lodged by a disgruntled Swapo member against the nomination of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as Swapo’s presidential candidate, from the roll. Reinhold Shipwikineni lodged the urgent application on Friday last week. He cited Swapo, NNN, as she is affectionately known, plus the members she appointed during...
A 68-year-old Catholic deacon was arrested for the murder of his 31-year-old son. He allegedly shot him once in the head and thigh. The suspect and deceased lived together at Siudiva village in the Nkurenkuru area.
Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen yesterday ruled that certain admissions a Khorixas resident made are inadmissible. Barnabas Nawaseb is accused of killing his common-law wife and mother of his two children with a pickaxe. This means the alleged admissions the accused made to the police shortly after his arrest may not be used in...
Two people who were allegedly shot by their 59-year-old colleague at Henning Crusher at Ondangwa on Friday have been identified as 43-year-old John Myburgh and 44-year-old Johana Richter. The Oshana police commander Naftal Lungameni Sakaria, said the two victims were employed as production and mechanical managers at Henning Crusher. According to Sakaria, the incident occurred...
WALVIS BAY – Popular Walvis Bay shop, Multisave Supermarket, became the latest victim in a spate of armed robberies carried out at the coast. According to the Erongo Police, the shopping outlet lost more than N$313 000 on Wednesday morning when armed robbers surprised the shop owner’s son, a 30-year-old man, as he was opening...
KATIMA MULILO – In an attempt to protect his property, the owner of the famous Bezi bar at Katima Mulilo shot and wounded a suspected thief he allegedly found trespassing. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday morning at the bar located near the Zambezi River. According to Zambezi police commander Andreas Shilelo,...
OSHAKATI – The 33-year-old man who stands accused of raping his 104-year-old aunt at Ohongo village in the Omusati region, was remanded in custody after making a brief court appearance at Outapi on Tuesday. Omusati Police commander Ismael Basson told Nampa the accused was denied bail and the matter was postponed to 17 February 2024....
A South African citizen who was acquitted on charges that he tried to smuggle 12 San men out of Namibia has won a lawsuit he instituted against the prosecutor general in the Supreme Court. After Pieter Hendrik Groenewald and his then-fiancé Elsie Greef were acquitted on charges of trafficking in persons in the Rundu District...
A police officer in the Ohangwena region has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter since 2020. The alleged incidents happened at his house. The 44-year-old officer was denied bail when he appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. His case has been postponed to 7 October for further police investigation. Deputy commissioner Zachariah...