A Windhoek couple arrested in connection with an alleged investment scheme involving N$163 million are due to appear in court again today, after a lawyer representing them argued yesterday that their arrest was unlawful. Defence lawyer Sisa Namandje argued before magistrate Dawid Mukuyu in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court that Coenraad (‘Coenie’) Botha (69) and his...
Staff Reporter COENRAAD Botha and his wife, Charlotte Murove, who stand accused of defrauding investors of about N$160 million, have been released from custody after it was determined that their arrests were unlawful. The two were arrested earlier this week under suspicion of defrauding investors of millions. However, on Thursday, Sisa Namandje argued that their...
The Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano arrested 11 Muslims who were yesterday seen eating food during the Ramadan fast. Kano has a majority Muslim population, where an Islamic legal system – sharia – operates alongside secular law. The Islamic police, widely known as hisbah, carry out searches of eateries and markets every...
Staff Reporter HARD work from the Namibian police paid off, as three men were arrested for the murder of Stanley Sebastian Cloete, who was gruesomely murdered in his home and robbed of his vehicle and several other items. According to Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, media liaison officer within the Namibian police, the robbery incident occurred...
ussia has said it does not recognise arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. The court named Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov on Tuesday. “We are not parties to the [Rome] statute – we do not recognise this,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters member Michael Amushelelo is demanding that the Namibian Police should arrest the people responsible for killing five alleged robbery suspects at Okahandja in April last year. Amushelelo made the demands in a petition that he handed over to Namibian Police deputy inspector general Elias Mutota in Windhoek yesterday. Five men were...
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Inna Hengari is suing the Namibian Police for N$2 million after she was arrested and detained during a protest on Independence Day last year. Hengari, along with activists Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and Michael Amushelelo, was arrested at the event and detained at Otjomuise Police Station. While the charges against her were...
Two members of the public on Saturday afternoon helped the Windhoek City Police apprehend four robbery suspects. The suspects allegedly robbed a young man enjoying a meal at Zoo Park. Frans Petrus says the suspects overpowered and robbed the man of his cellphone and money. Petrus says he and his friend reacted after hearing the...
Staff Reporter BANK Windhoek is offering a N$20 000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Nico Hijendepi Rebebe, an employee who disappeared after allegedly stealing an exceptionally large sum from the bank’s Opuwo branch on Saturday. Rebebe is accused of secretly transferring N$200 million to two different accounts before leaving the bank at...
A lawyer acting for businessman Cosmas Mukaratirwa says a criminal case for the alleged supplying of unregistered medicine worth N$650 000 to the government’s Central Medical Stores in 2019 against him has been withdrawn. Attorney Jamellee Janke, of Sisa Namandje Inc Sisa Namandje, also attached the court order to a letter sent to The Namibian...