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No mechanical failure in Dippenaar crash

14 hours ago | Justice

Mechanical failure cannot be blamed for the horrific accident that killed six people between Henties Bay and Swakopmund on 29 December 2014.This statement was made in the Regional Court in Swakopmund yesterday when the murder...

Erindi already has waiver

1 day - 19 November 2018 | Justice

ELLANIE SMIT New evidence has come to light in the court battle between Erindi Private Game Reserve and government over the pending sale of the 65 000-hectare game farm.Documents...

Otjimbingwe murder suspect appears

1 day - 19 November 2018 | Justice

The 27-year-old man suspected of a murder and kidnapping at a farm in the Otjimbingwe area appeared before the Karibib Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Nikolas Mangundu Hausiku appeared before Magistrate Unchen Konjore and the...

Child-trafficking case heads to High Court

1 day - 19 November 2018 | Justice

OTIS FINCK The case in which Alexander Krylov and Anna Katrina Engelbrecht face 32 charges of child trafficking, rape and offences committed under the Immoral Practices Act has been transferred to the High Court in...

ID parade for Otjimbingwe suspect

5 days ago - 15 November 2018 | Justice

An identity parade will be held to determine whether a 27-year-old man who appeared on Tuesday in the Rundu Magistrate's Court, where he pleaded guilty to cannabis possession, is linked to an Otjimbingwe murder and...

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CEO testifies against Katrina

6 days ago - 14 November 2018 | Justice

Katrina Hanse-Himarwa's lawyer, Sisa Namandje, yesterday accused the State of withholding a statement made by a key witness in the former Hardap governor's corruption trial.Namandje...

Leave abusers - Shanghala

1 week ago - 13 November 2018 | Justice

JEMIMA BEUKES Justice minister Sacky Shanghala has urged those in abusive relationships to leave their partners.Shanghala also strongly urged...

Valombola docket bungle explained

1 week ago - 13 November 2018 | Justice

The case against Home Affairs commissioner for refugees Likius Valombola (53), who is free on N$15 000 bail, was postponed on Thursday because the docket...

Rape sentences 'too compassionate'

1 week ago - 08 November 2018 | Justice

The Popular Democratic Movement Women's League (PDMWL) has expressed concern about the lenient sentences being meted out to rapists. It said these sentences are too...

Court interdicts Ondonga king

2 weeks ago - 05 November 2018 | Justice

Six dismissed leaders of the Ondonga Traditional Authority on Friday successfully obtained an Oshakati High Court interdict against the appointment of five new leaders to...

Germany traded in body parts

2 weeks ago - 02 November 2018 | Justice

CATHERINE SASMANLegal representatives of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide descendants are to petition the United States district court in New York to admit new explosive...

Oshakati human trafficking suspects get bail

2 weeks ago - 02 November 2018 | Justice

The accused in the ongoing Oshakati human trafficking case have been granted bail at the end of their protracted bail application hearing in the magistrate's...

'ACC inserted lies'

2 weeks ago - 01 November 2018 | Justice

The fourth witness in basic education minister and former Hardap governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa's corruption trial struggled to defend or recognise her own statement in the...

Smugglers may appeal against sentences...

2 weeks ago - 01 November 2018 | Justice

ELLANIE SMIT The High Court has granted permission to four Chinese nationals to appeal against their 14-year prison sentences for trying to smuggle 14 rhino...

Katrina more subdued

2 weeks ago - 31 October 2018 | Justice

A slightly subdued but always impeccably dressed Katrina Hanse-Himarwa returned to the High Court yesterday for the second day of her corruption trial.Wearing a black...

ACC is 'confused' - Hanse-Himarwa

3 weeks ago - 30 October 2018 | Justice

The Windhoek High Court has heard how former Hardap governor and current basic education minister, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, intervened at the eleventh hour to ensure that...

Aupindi must pay up or...

3 weeks ago - 26 October 2018 | Justice

Former Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) boss Tobie Aupindi and his co-accused, Antonio di Savino, have been sentenced to fines of N$50 000, or 30 months'...

Aupindi slapped with N$50...

3 weeks ago - 25 October 2018 | Justice

Former Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) boss Tobie Aupindi and his Italian co-accused business partner Antonio di Savino have been slapped with N$50 000 fines or...