AN Omaheke region resident convicted of murdering his girlfriend and trying to burn her body in November 2021 has been sentenced to an effective prison term of 28 years. Judge Dinnah Usiku sentenced Jakob Makatan (30) in the High Court…
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FOUR of the individuals charged in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case are due to hear by early February next year if they have had success with an attempt to stop the prosecutor general from continuing to prosecute them.…
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Veteran lawyer Dirk Conradie abused his position as chairperson of the board of directors of the company Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) when he tried to use the promise of a multimillion-dollar MTC contract to persuade the owners of an advertising…
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One of the men accused of robbing and killing a Windhoek resident in his flat in March 2024 admitted to a police officer that he was present when his alleged victim was overpowered, before items were stolen from his home.…
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Two judges from Lesotho have been appointed as acting judges of Namibia’s Supreme Court. The Judical Service Commission (JSC) announced president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s appointment of the judges on a recommendation of the JSC on Friday. The judges appointed as acting…
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The liquidators winding up the affairs of Air Namibia after it stopped operating in February 2021 have won a Supreme Court appeal about severance pay-outs that have to be made to former employees of the airline. In a judgement delivered…
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The state is to consider pleas offered by two men accused of brutally murdering a transgender woman in Windhoek two years ago. The state and defence lawyers representing murder accused Elias Nandomba (20) and Mervin Beukes (21) are still sorting…
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The professional demands encountered by judicial officers must not be met at the cost of their health, chief justice Peter Shivute says. “The demands are real and, at present, they are considerable. What I do not accept is that they…
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A High Court judge has ordered the medical officer of Windhoek Correctional Facility to make a recommendation for the release of an inmate who has become paralysed while serving a 20-year prison term on a charge of murder. In a…
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The trial of a former security company employee accused of murdering and robbing a colleague nearly 15 years ago is scheduled to continue in November after it was postponed in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday. The trial of Teodor…
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