After a decade-long legal battle, the University of Namibia’s (UNAM) former Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Administration and Finance, Boniface Mutumba, has been cleared of corruption charges. Magistrate Ndapewa Amadhila delivered the ruling on Monday, clearing Dr. Mutumba and his former colleague Ruben Prinz of all allegations related to UNAM’s 2014 tender process. In 2014, Dr. Mutumba, a […]
Six of the seven individuals accused of the murder of Matheus Sheehama appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court today for a bail application hearing. The suspects were arrested in July last year in connection with Sheehama’s murder after his body was discovered at Independence Beach, Walvis Bay. Sheehama had gone missing on July 27 […]
The High Court proceedings in the contentious Veterinary Cordon Fence (Red Line) case took another turn as Judge Shafimana Ueitele rejected a report by a government-commissioned consortium led by prominent lawyer Dirk Conradie. Applicants wanted to use the report as evidence of the potential legal, economic, and social implications of keeping or removing the […]
Joel Angula (45), one of the suspects implicated in Saturday’s diamond heist, appeared before the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court today. Angula faces multiple charges, including one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and possession of uncut rough diamonds. His co-accused, Sam Shololo, is facing the same charges, but he remains hospitalised and under medical […]
The High Court proceedings in the Veterinary Cordon Fence (Red Line) case became heated when lawyers representing activist Professor Job Shipululo Amupanda announced their decision not to proceed with a previously indicated application for the recusal of Judge Shafimana Ueitele. This announcement came after Judge Ueitele had granted leave for the application to be filed […]
The Otjozondjupa police on Monday apprehended the suspect in the multiple stabbing incident which occurred Sunday night at a bar in Otjiwarongo’s Tsaraxa Aibes informal settlement. Namibian Police Force (NamPol)’s Otjozondjupa Region Crime Investigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Edna Nawa on Tuesday told Nampa that the suspect who was on the run after the alleged stabbing […]
Police Inspector General, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, has called on police cadet constables undergoing their training at the Ruben Danger Ashipala Police Training Centre to take their training seriously and excel as they await their graduation in May. He also advised them to steer clear of loan sharks, use their money wisely for the betterment […]
A 10-year-old boy has allegedly killed his two-year-old cousin by stuffing sand into her mouth at Akaonde village in the Onesi Constituency. The Namibian Police Force’s Regional Commander for Omusati, Commissioner Ismael Basson, said the incident occurred around 20:00 on Saturday. According to Basson, the two-year-old girl was left home alone along with her cousins […]
The Electoral Court has temporarily put on hold the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)’s legal challenge to nullify the results of the 2024 National Assembly elections. Judge Hannelie Prinsloo ruled that while the matter will be treated as urgent and must be resolved before March 21, it will remain on hold pending the Supreme Court’s […]
A 39-year-old man is in critical condition in the Otjiwarongo State Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed multiple times at a bar in the Tsaraxa Aibes informal settlement Sunday night. The Namibian Police Force’s crime investigations coordinator for the Otjozondjupa Region, Deputy Commissioner Edna Nawa, told Nampa on Monday a case of attempted murder has […]
