A former police officer who was charged with murdering his daughter in June 2020 has been found guilty in the High Court sitting at Katima Mulilo. In a judgement delivered on Thursday, judge president Petrus Damaseb also found Sydney Ikosa (35) guilty of assaulting his daughter Joy Ikosa (2) and of child neglect. Ikosa’s wife,...
By Lylie Happiness OTAVI, August 27, 2023 — A tragic incident unfolded in Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, as a 28-year-old man was arrested for the murder of his two-year-old son on Friday. Regional Police Spokesperson, Inspector Maureen Mbeha, confirmed the heartbreaking incident and identified the victim as Jason Muronga from Saamstaan location in the town. According...
Placido Hilukilwa WILBARD Shivute Uudhila, the 73-year-old resident of Omuhenye Village in the Omusati Region, who is accused of having murdered village headman Tobias Nangolo Shetunyenga, was remanded in custody following his first appearance in the Okahao Magistrate’s court today. The case was postponed to November 1 pending further police investigation. Uudhila was arrested after...
A mother who murdered her newborn baby by poisoning him about three years ago has received an effective prison term of 17 years at the end of her trial in the Oshakati High Court. A newborn baby has the same right to life and protection under the Constitution any other person on Namibian soil would...
A man who was accused of killing his aunt in the Kavango West region by whipping her with a donkey halter and kicking her has been found guilty on a charge of murder in a High Court sitting at Rundu. Judge president Petrus Damaseb convicted Kandjimi Haingura of murder, read with the provisions of the...
Staff Reporter THE trial involving three Zimbabwean nationals accused of the 2020 murder of Akundaishe Natalie Chipomho will not resume until January of next year. This delay is to allow the state enough time to process its application to have a joint trial for the other suspects involved, Rachel Kureva, who is the biological mother...
A Rehoboth resident whose girlfriend was found stabbed to death in their house about two years ago was convicted on a charge of murder in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday. Judge Naomi Shivute found Johannes Tobias (50) guilty on a count of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act,...
Staff Reporter THE trial of three Zimbabwean nationals implicated in the murder of Akundaishe Natalie Chipomho in 2020 is expected to resume shortly after they made a brief court appearance on Tuesday morning. The trial was put on hold after the state obtained evidence linking Rachel Kureva, Chipombo’s biological mother, to her child’s death and...