Warrants for the arrest of seven people charged with operating an international online fraud scheme from Namibia were issued yesterday, after the accused failed to appear in the Windhoek High Court for a pretrial hearing. State advocate Basson Lilungwe informed…
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The 14 individuals and six corporate entities charged in the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) fraud and corruption case denied guilt on all of the charges they are facing during an appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The…
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An Arson attack that claimed the lives of two people in Windhoek near the end of 2022 was sparked by jealousy and anger, a judge concluded in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. It was clear on all accounts that Windhoek…
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A petroleum exploration licence holder claiming that a rival company was awarded an exploration licence after an intervention from State House has suffered a loss in an urgent application that it filed in the Windhoek High Court. The urgent application…
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The state has been given more time to make a decision about the prosecution of the two men accused of involvement in a fatal armed robbery at the head office of the state-owned company Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) in January…
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The dams providing water to the Windhoek area are currently storing 32% less water than at the same point in 2025. The combined level of the Swakoppoort, Von Bach and Omatako dams stood at 57.7% of their storage capacity on…
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The criminal history of a man convicted of raping a child and committing two murders and other crimes at Gobabis “reveals a disturbing and rapid escalation in gravity”, a judge remarked in the Windhoek High Court before sentencing the offender…
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Courts should avoid adopting informal labels like ‘Fuelrot’ for the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) fraud and corruption case, High Court judge Philanda Christiaan cautioned on Friday.She said this while delivering the appeal judgement in which six of the…
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Former Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) security officer Joel Angula, who has spent the past year in custody in connection with a fatal robbery at the Namdia head office in Windhoek, is set to hear on 23 February if he will…
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