N$50,000 bail for Lydia Elindi after state drops opposition in NAMCOR probe

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Magistrate Linus Samunzala has granted Lydia Elindi bail for N$50,000 after the state withdrew its objection to her release.

The state had initially proposed bail of N$30,000.

Lydia Elindi, along with her husband Malakia Ekindi, is among the accused in the ongoing NAMCOR corruption case.

Michael Amushelelo and Dimbulukweni Nauyoma acquitted

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Magistrate Linus Samunzala has acquitted activists Michael Amushelelo and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma of all charges, citing poor quality and multiple contradictions in the evidence of state witnesses.

Amushelelo had spent close to seven months in incarceration since his arrest for independence this year.