Mulunga denies N$3 million luxury Audi vehicle claims

Former NAMCOR Managing Director Immanuel Mulunga has denied allegations that he received a luxury Audi vehicle worth over N$3 million from businessman Victor Malima in exchange for facilitating fuel supplies to Malima’s company, Eco Trading. Testifying in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court, Mulunga said he never received the vehicle and denied involvement in fuel distribution, stating […]

Oshana Police launch operation Omushangwena at Oshakati

Police Regional Commander for the Oshana Region, Commissioner Naftal Sakaria, launched a new operation, dubbed Omushangwena, at Oshakati. The joint crime prevention operation will be conducted across the Oshana, Omusati, and Ohangwena regions over a six-day period on a rotational basis. Commissioner Sakaria says the objective of the operation is to combat crime in the […]

Court hears bail bid in NAMCOR fuel case

The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court continues to hear evidence in the bail application involving former NAMCOR executives and directors of Enercon, following the disputed N$53 million fuel supply transaction linked to the Ministry of Defence. Prosecutor Menecia Hinda commenced with cross-examining one of the accused, Malakia Elindi, today. State prosecutor Menencia Hinda revealed that the state […]

Fishrot judge Chinhengo steps down

Justice Moses Chinhengo has stood down from presiding over the high-profile Fishrot corruption trial, citing personal reasons, a move that comes after months of legal contestation by the accused, who had repeatedly sought his recusal. Deputy Chief Justice Petrus Damaseb confirmed the change, announcing that Acting Judge Marilize Du Plessis will assume the role from […]

Man kills wife and commits suicide in Greenwell Matongo

A man allegedly killed his wife in Windhoek’s Greenwell Matongo locality in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police in a statement said 53-year-old Alweendo David allegedly shot his wife, forty-three-year-old Elizabeth Nepando Hambelela Alweendo, at their home in Greenwell Matongo. According to the police, the couple’s 18-year-old daughter, who was with her six-year-old brother, […]

NAMCOR bail hearing postponed to Monday

Magistrate Linus Samanzula has postponed the bail hearing for the nine people charged in the NAMCOR matter to tomorrow. Some of the accused filed their bail applications on Monday, but the hearing could not proceed as planned. At the start of the bail hearing, Peter Elindi was the first in the witness stand.  The focus […]