The police in the Zambezi Region are investigating a murder case after 6-year-old Vasco Mutelembi was found dead on 15 December.

39-year-old Steven Garoeb, accused of murdering Usakos resident Imolatria Dominika Gaoses, has been denied bail.

The accused made his first appearance in the Usakos Magistrate's Court, where the matter was postponed to 23 March 2026.

Six members of the Police Special Reserve Force based in Keetmanshoop appeared in the local Magistrate’s Court today in connection with the murder of Elleste Plaatjies. Plaatjies died from injuries allegedly sustained after being beaten by police officers.

The test results of DNA, taken from four persons of interest in the murder of a young girl in Okahandja, Ingrid Maasdorp, are still being awaited.

The Fransfontein community in Kunene have taken to the streets in protest to demand answers from the Police about the handling of the murder case of Manfried |Aib.

The 42-year-old |Aib's family have called for a re-examination into Manfried's autopsy report.

The mother of a 36-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend in Epanya village, Okatana Constituency, revealed years of abuse from her son. 

She narrated how, in June, she asked him to leave her house due to verbal abuse.

Police in the Hardap Region have not yet made any breakthrough in connection with the murder of seven-year-old girl Einoritha Mhopyeni five months ago in Mariental.

The bail applications of six of seven suspects in the murder of Matheus Sheehama, a final-year student at NUST, have been postponed to the 11th of February.

The postponement was due to the absence of a prosecutor on the second day of the bail application in the Walvis Magistrates' Court.

Magistrate Vicky Nikolaidis has postponed the case of seven individuals accused of murdering NUST student Matheus Sheehama at Walvis Bay, to next week.

The seven suspects made a second court appearance, and their case was postponed to the 22nd and 23rd of October for a formal bail application.

Police say their calls to seek clarity from prosecutors regarding the provisional withdrawal of the murder case of 31-year-old Keetmanshoop resident Elleste Plaatjie have been met with silence.

Plaatjie's murder case was provisionally withdrawn at the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on September 2nd.