Chief justice Peter Shivute has paid tribute to retiring Supreme Court judge Dave Smuts as “a towering figure in the legal profession” in Namibia. Smuts’ life and career “epitomise dedication, intellect and service”, Shivute said at a ceremony to bid…
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One of the men charged in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case, Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi, made all his income through legitimate businesses Hatuikulipi’s lawyer argued in the Windhoek High Court on Friday. Addressing judge David Munsu during the hearing…
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One of the men charged in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case, Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi, is due to hear on 16 December if his latest attempt to be granted bail has been successful. Judge David Munsu postponed the delivery…
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Plea proceedings in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering trial should continue, acting judge Moses Chinhengo has directed. In a judgement delivered in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Tuesday, Chinhengo said four of the accused men in…
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An application for a separation of the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering trial into two separate trials has failed. Acting judge Moses Chinhengo dismissed the application for a separation of trials in a judgement delivered in the High Court at…
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The company owning Ongwediva Medipark private hospital has been ordered to pay its dismissed managing director, medical doctor Tshali Iithete, N$3.3 million. Ongwediva Medipark (Pty) Ltd should also reinstate Iithete in his position as managing director with effect from the…
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A woman accused of murdering her year-old son in the //Kharas region in January last year says court proceedings in her case in the Windhoek High Court should continue in her absence. During a pretrial hearing before deputy judge president…
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A couple accused of murdering and robbing an engineer in his home in Windhoek in May 2022 are without legal representation after their defence lawyers withdrew from their case this week. Defence lawyers Susan Nyatondo and Janita von Wielligh, who…
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The Bank of Namibia and a retired army general from the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a court battle about more than N$40 million in a Namibian bank account, after the central bank decided to forfeit the funds in…
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A //KHARAS region farmworker who was sentenced to a prison term of 18 months after he admitted that he possessed cannabis and mandrax valued at N$8 500 has won an appeal against his sentence. The magistrate who sentenced Donovan Kooper…
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Former attorney general and justice minister Sacky Shanghala says he and three other accused in the Fishrot case should have a separate trial because they are currently without legal representation. Shanghala argued in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility…
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The sentencing of two men convicted of murdering an elderly couple at a farm in the //Kharas region in February 2018 has been postponed to next year. This is because one of the convicted men says he wants to first…
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