Iuze Mukube A man was heard by neighbours instructing his eldest son to beat his youngest son on his arms and legs, stating that ‘the devil’s power’ resided in those limbs. Hendrik Le Roux (61), who was convicted last Friday for the murder his youngest son, Carlos Le Roux (24), was also reported to have threatened...
Iuze Mukube The prosecution in a matter pertaining to the defrauding of a private school to the value of N$2.8 million, filed an application yesterday seeking to compel the convicted fraudster to repay the State N$2.5 million. State advocate Timo Itula made oral submissions yesterday before Acting Judge Makapa Simasiku in terms of section 32...
Matheus David Five armed men stormed Pikkie Paradys Pre-Primary in Kleine Kuppe, Windhoek, and fled with more than N$100 000 in cash on Monday. City Police spokesperson Superintendent Marceline Murapo said the suspects entered the reception area armed with a firearm and knives before holding the school’s receptionist at gunpoint. It is alleged after intimidating...
Iuze Mukube Brothers Peter and Malakia Elindi have approached the High Court, seeking a redirection on the magistrate’s decision to refuse their bail application. The two were denied bail by Magistrate Linus Samunzala in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on 26 September 2025. They are now appealing in the High Court for the order by Samunzala...
Iuze Mukube A 53-year-old woman, convicted of defrauding a private school of more than N$2.8 million, told the Windhoek High Court yesterday that she has turned away from her former gambling habits to more positive activities while in prison. Convicted fraudster Maria Johanna Coetzee, while testifying in mitigation before sentencing, told Acting Judge Makapa Simasiku that...
Iuze Mukube The trial of a man accused of coldly mutilating the body of a woman at Farm Stinkwater in Dordabis was yesterday remanded to today. Herold Uirab (35) is facing charges of murder, rape, violating a dead human body as well as defeating the course of justice or attempting to do so. Uirab’s matter...
Iuze Mukube Andries Coetzee, whom the Gobabis Regional Court convicted for killing his partner, is appealing his conviction in the Windhoek High Court. Coetzee (38) was convicted of murder for allegedly stabbing his romantic partner Endeline Tjombe with a sharp object between 14 and 15 June 2017. Court documents state that he is appealing against...
Iuze Mukube A former security guard, accused of shooting his colleague in the head with a gun at point-blank range while transporting cash in a cash-in-transit vehicle, has rejected his mental evaluation report. Theodor Shipanga (45) told Windhoek High Court Deputy Judge President Hosea Angula yesterday, after the psychiatric report was made available to him, that...
Kaviveterue Virere A 31-year-old man died after a house he was in was gutted by fire at Outjo over the weekend. The fire was reportedly caused by a cellphone charger that exploded. According to the police, the victim, identified as Wenfrey Useb, re-entered the burning house in an attempt to rescue children but succumbed to...
Iuze Mukube A contention over the chain of custody of blood samples collected from the home of the murdered NamPower employee was made yesterday in the Windhoek High Court. The deceased, Benjamin Silombela (41), allegedly died due to suffocation after a couple, Jorene Bezuidenhout (28) and Muningandu Kaapama (29), robbed him and left him tied...