Staff Reporter AN EDUCATION Ministry official, Lucia Kapusa, who is accused of fraud by her ex-boyfriend and the father of one of her children, appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The case was postponed to the 11th of June for the fixing of a trial date. The complainant in the case, Nelson Antonio,...
A 37-year-old man accused of raping his pregnant wife was remanded in custody following his appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The accused made his first appearance before Magistrate Uchen Konjore, who postponed the case to 11 March 2024 to allow for further police investigations. The accused indicated that he would defend himself...
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has found that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) “has a mixed record of performance and appears more capable of dealing with less powerful people”. The APRM was launched yesterday by president Nangolo Mbumba. The APRM’s assessment follows meetings with the executive, judiciary and legislature, as well as, civil society and...
28-year-old Mateus Johannes made his second court appearance in two days for the murder of 22-year-old Claudia Kambanza in Hull, in the United Kingdom, last Friday. Johannes, a Namibian national, appeared before Hull Crown Court, following his Monday appearance before the Hull Magistrate’s Court. A statement from Hull’s Humberside police, published on Facebook, says Johannes...
A 24-year-old woman, Juventa Fredericks, charged with the alleged murder of a 70-year-old man, made her first appearance in Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Fredericks was arrested on Tuesday for reportedly stabbing the elderly man, Johannes Rooi, in an altercation. According to Namibian Press Agency (NAMPA), During the court proceedings, presided over by magistrate Unchen...
Embattled National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) boss Immanuel Mulunga has been formally charged by the parastatal and is expected to answer to a multitude of allegations at the hearing, which started this week. Mulunga was expected to plead during the disciplinary proceedings yesterday, after he was suspended in April for six months.His suspension was...
The 14 people arrested in a swoop operation on October 4 on charges of transnational internet fraud and trafficking in persons appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court this afternoon. The case was postponed to April 15 for further investigations, and bail was refused to all. Of those arrested, many of those deemed foreigners were indicated...
A Pharmacist appeared in the Lüderitz Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly assaulting his wife, Elizabeth Potgieter. Erasmus ‘Poenie’ van Zyl, who was arrested on Tuesday, is facing a charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. //Kharas acting regional police commander Godfried Kauhanda says Van Zyl was denied bail and his case has...