A land leasehold right granted under the Communal Land Reform Act of 2005 does not end with the death of the right holder and can form part of a right holder’s estate after their death, a High Court judge has…

An Otavi resident accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her with a knife two years ago denied guilt on a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, in the Windhoek High Court…

A married couple admitted guilt on more than 800 2charges of fraud, in excess of 800 counts of theft, and more than 800 counts of money laundering involving close to N$10 million in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Amanda Jantjies…

A woman convicted of murdering two people by setting a house in Windhoek on fire near the end of 2022 acted with “utter indifference” after she had started the deadly blaze, a judge remarked in the Windhoek High Court on…

A Teacher who was accused of carrying out a fatal knife attack on his wife in April 2019 was found guilty on a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, in the Windhoek…

Businessman Benjamin Hauwanga and an Ongwediva resident, Simeon Nghinananye, have decided to settle a defamation case in which Hauwanga sued Nghinananye for N$500 000. A settlement agreement signed by Hauwanga and Nghinananye, who is also known as Potgieter Vilho and…

A woman convicted of murdering two people by setting a house in Windhoek on fire near the end of 2022 has been sentenced to an effective period of 35 years’ imprisonment. Mecthilde Karomo (34) was sentenced in the Windhoek High…

THE Supreme Court has ordered the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) to pay N$35.1 million to the liquidator of the insolvent company Prowealth Asset Management, to be paid to investors who lost money entrusted to the company about two…

Two men accused of raping, robbing and murdering a Walvis Bay resident in his home near the end of 2023 denied guilt on four charges at the start of their trial in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Quanito van Vuuren…

Two of the accused in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case have failed with an attempt to appeal against a ruling in which their application for the recusal of the presiding judge was dismissed. An application by former attorney…

The deputy sheriff of the High Court for the Erongo region has been authorised to sell a freezer trawler belonging to the financially troubled company Hodago Fishing, of which a Swapo-linked company is a minority shareholder. An order authorising the…

A clear case would have to be made out and it should be truly necessary before public access to court proceedings is restricted based on “national security”, a judge stated in a judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court this…