After nearly seven months in jail, Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters member Michael Amushelelo heard yesterday that he and a fellow activist, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, have been found not guilty on the three charges on which they were prosecuted. Supporters of the two men who had filled the public gallery of the courtroom in which magistrate Linus...
Activists Michael Amushelelo and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma have been acquitted on all charges on which they were prosecuted in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura. Future Media News spoke to Julieta Amushelelo, Michael’s wife. The post Activists acquitted as prosecution fails first appeared on Future Media. Source link
The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade will today host a Namibia-South Africa Business Forum in Windhoek on the margins of the 3rd Session of the Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission which is co-chaired by President Hage Geingob, and President Cyril Ramaphosa, of South Africa. Here is the Ministry’s spokesperson, Elijah Mukubonda. Source link
The Landless Peoples’ Movement (LPM) is threatening to sue the minister of urban and rural development, Erastus Uutoni, and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over the “malicious prosecution” of two councillors and an official of the Karasburg Town Council. LPM leader Bernadus Swartbooi says council employees cannot be arrested and taken to court for executing their...
South Africa’s Presidency welcomes the dismissal of former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution efforts against his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa. The High Court in Johannesburg not only rejected the appeal but also imposed a cost order against Zuma. The former president had accused Ramaphosa of being complicit in his legal case against state prosecutor Billy Downer...
The Economic Community of West African States has strongly condemned threats by Niger’s military rulers to prosecute ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. The military Junta in Niger on Sunday said it will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason. The post Ecowas condemns Niger’s prosecution threat first appeared on Future Media. Source link