Bail applicant George Cloete has objected to cross-examination by the state on his bank account transactions during his bail application hearing in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
Bail applicant George Cloete has objected to cross-examination by the state on his bank account transactions during his bail application hearing in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's court.
Cloete faces counts of violating the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and illicit trafficking under the Diamond Act.
The Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court has adjourned the bail application hearing of brothers George Cloete and Bino Cloete until tomorrow.
George Cloete, who was the first to testify, pleaded not guilty when the bail hearing began in December last year.
One of the accused in the Rehoboth drug case, Steven Schneider, reportedly attempted to take his own life over the weekend while in the police holding cells.
His lawyer, Winnie Christian informed NBC News that Schneider tried to harm himself.
Documents that remain outstanding have again delayed the bail hearing of brothers George and Bino Cloete in the Keetmanshoop Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Linus Samunzala will deliver his ruling on the bail applications in the NAMCOR case on September 26.
The accused, including former NAMCOR employees and associates, were arrested by the ACC last month.
Defence lawyers made their closing arguments in the ongoing NAMCOR bail proceedings before Magistrate Linus Samunzala at the Windhoek Magistrate's Court.
The lawyers have questioned the basis of their clients' arrests and the quality of evidence presented by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The bail hearing of the former NAMCOR corruption accused is scheduled to continue in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Monday.
The NAMCOR corruption case was postponed to the 1st of August for the continuation of bail proceedings.
Jennifer Hamukwaya, a former finance executive at NAMCOR, testified at the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Hamukwaya is among the eight accused people seeking to be released on bail.
On the second day of his bail hearing, Peter Elindi told the Windhoek Magistrate's Court that the Anti-Corruption Commission acted with malice by arresting him without giving him an opportunity to explain his side of the story.
