A special plea raised by the government and the minister of health and social services has been dismissed in the Windhoek High Court. This involves a case in which a woman is suing them for N$13 million after a piece…

An alleged illegal coal mining operation in South Africa has had repercussions for an Aranos area farm owner, with N$49.4 million in Namibian bank accounts of the farm owner and his wife now in effect frozen in terms of a…

A Windhoek resident accused of murdering his former girlfriend in a knife attack about two years ago will have to apply for state-funded legal aid again, after his defence lawyer withdrew from his case yesterday. With the trial of murder…

Social activist Michael Amushelelo’s claim that remarks he made about suspended Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo were protected by his constitutional right to free speech has been rejected by a judge of the High Court. Amushelelo wilfully and in…

Social activist Michael Amushelelo has been held in contempt of court and sentenced to a suspended prison term of one month in connection with remarks that he made about suspended Namibian police inspector general Joseph Shikongo on social media last…

A Company approached to translate evidence in a terrorism and high treason case pending in the High Court from Arabic into English has given a quotation of N$462 000 for the work it is asked to do. A procurement process…

A Man accused of murdering his girlfriend in a knife attack at Otjiwarongo three years ago was found guilty on two charges in the High Court yesterday. From the evidence before her, she could not make any finding other than…

A Lawyer representing former agriculture minister Mac Hengari has slashed the amount of N$10.25 million for which Hengari sued a rape case complainant in the Windhoek High Court. In an amended claim that lawyer Mekumbu Tjiteere, who is representing Hengari,…

A Man accused of murdering his former girlfriend at Aranos near the end of 2023 denied guilt on four charges in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Stefanus Kock (40) pleaded not guilty on a charge of murder, read with the…

The case against one of the men facing charges in connection with a fatal armed robbery at the Windhoek head office of the Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) in January last year is “very weak”, a lawyer argued in the Windhoek…

A Windhoek resident facing multiple charges of rape in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of 15 teenage boys has lost a defamation case in which he sued the newspaper Namibian Sun for N$300 000. In a judgement delivered in…

An Omaheke region resident convicted of murder after he carried out a fatal assault on his pregnant girlfriend has been sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment at the end of his trial in the High Court. Namibia has experienced widespread outrage…