Magistrate David Mukuyu on Friday struck the matter of Coenraad Botha and his wife, Zimbabwean national Charlotte Murove from the roll, and declared it finalised. He further ordered their immediate release from detention. The magistrate did this after he found that the arrests of Botha and Murove were outside the scope of police powers to...
Zorena Jantze THE court proceedings which dealt with the recusal application of Fishrot judge, Moses Chinhengo, were a tense environment which saw tongue-in-cheek remarks being exchanged between state prosecutor Ed Morondetze and the former Minister of Justice Sacky Shanghala, in which Shanghala reminded Morondetze that he was his former boss when he questioned Shanghala’s knowledge...
Xabi Alonso said on Friday links to Liverpool and Bayern Munich were “just speculation” and that his “head is here” as he strives to take his record-breaking Bayer Leverkusen side to a first Bundesliga title. Leverkusen beat Mainz 2-1 at home, extending their unbeaten run this season to 33 games, breaking the German record set...
… Lucky Star owners suspended MD just in time for the price fixing probe in Windhoek this week. Erongo Marine Enterprises managing director Martha Uumati warned her bosses a week before she was suspended that she would be transparent with the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC), which is currently investigating allegations of price fixing in the...
Kaipaherue Kandjii The country’s anti-graft watchdog is probing a raft of corruption, nepotism and abuse of power allegations against Namibia University of Science and Technology’s (NUST) vice-chancellor Erold Naomab. Naomab faces a myriad of alleged crimes during his stint which amongst others include, nepotism, corruption and abuse of credit cards entrusted to him by his...
One of the two South African men accused of setting a dog on their Namibian security guard says the guard was armed with a panga and pickaxe handle before he was attacked by a dog. Namibian national Veneruru Kavari (30) told The Namibian last week he was assaulted and subjected to racial abuse by his...
An increase in prize money has contributed to the success of lower ranked teams at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, according to the president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Patrice Motsepe was speaking ahead of the quarter-finals, which got under way in Ivory Coast on Friday. A number of pre-tournament favourites...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to families who say their children have been harmed by social media, during a fiery hearing in the US Senate. Mr Zuckerberg – who runs Instagram and Facebook – said “no one should go through” what they had. He was questioned along with the bosses of TikTok, Snap, X...
AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho has dismissed any notion of becoming Brazil’s next manager, saying his allegiance is with his Italian Serie A side. “Brazil haven’t spoken to me directly,” he said after Roma’s Italian Cup last 16 win on Wednesday evening. “I told my agent not to speak to anyone before we know if...
Will he, or won’t he? That has long been the question asked of Moïse Katumbi (58). He is one of the most powerful people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – a man whose presidential ambitions were never in doubt. Yet numerous obstacles had blocked him in the past, including a jail sentence, death...