Crime and Courts

A 17-year-old boy was arrested last week for allegedly raping a grade 2 learner in the Okatope area of Oshikoto region.

Henties Bay mayor Lewies Vermaak is facing a N$200 000 lawsuit, which has been instituted against him by fellow local authority councillor Sifried Junios //Garoëb. 

Otjozondjupa governor James Uerikua says the regional leadership is working on secretive strategies to tackle the rampant stock theft, which has seen farmers losing livestock valued at over N$600 000 during the first 19 days of January this year. 

Former CEO of the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) Mike Nghipunya was instrumental in the negotiations to sell the entity’s lucrative quotas to third parties. 

The police are still carrying out investigations into the case involving two men who were arrested for allegedly having a hand in the death of a 22-year-old man whose remains were found in a freezer at Herero Mall in Katutura Central last year.

One of the men on trial for murdering 71-year-old Gerhardus Petrus Koekemoer at his Outjo home in 2014 has denied knowing his co-accused and having a hand in the death of the elderly, although he had admitted guilt in a warning statement. 

The appointments of James Hatuikulipi and Mike Nghipunya as chairperson and CEO of the Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor), respectively, were done unprocedurally and not in line with the provisions of the law, a leading investigator into the Fishrot matter claimed yesterday.

A substantial number of legal practitioners have advised their clients not to approach the courts due to the high legal costs, despite having trust in the country’s judicial system. 

The Khomas Police commander Ismael Basson said the operation conducted during the festive season was a success, as no murder case was reported, weapons were confiscated and over N$500 000 was earned in fines during the 62-day operation.

The Affirmative Repositioning movement’s suit against government’s failure to service and deliver 200 000 plots in urban areas countrywide is on hold as the court waits for the Supreme Court to pronounce itself on the exception appeal.