A 29-year-old man accused of killing and burying his girlfriend in a shallow grave at Shimpanda village in the Kavango East Region was denied bail in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Community members have petitioned the Mariental Magistrate's Court and Hardap Regional Police Commander, Sydney Philander, demanding accountability following the murder of Valerie Rooi on 31 October 2026.

The woman implicated in the murder of Nsala Mwazi, who died in a house fire in Katima Mulilo in August, has been remanded into custody until February next year, while awaiting arrangements for legal aid.

The seven accused in a murder case linked to a grazing land dispute at Otjase village made their first appearance today in the Okakarara Magistrate's Court today, where they were denied bail.

Frederika Waterboer, the mother of the late Wilhemina Waterboer, is consumed with grief and worry about how she will support and raise her five granddaughters after the alleged murder of their mother.

The Keetmanshoop Magistrates' Court has struck from the court roll the murder case of Jeffrey Dirks.

Dirks was arrested on Saturday at Keetmanshoop on the allegation that he murdered his 39-year-old girlfriend, Wilhelmina Waterboer. 

Murder accused Sinskus Johannes made a brief appearance in the Ondangwa Magistrate's Court on Thursday before Magistrate Nelao Ya France, where his case was postponed to 20 October 2026 for further investigation.

A 39-year-old man, Alfred Tomas, suspected of murdering his 83-year-old grandmother, Selma Shilongo, at her homestead in Ondiyamande village, Uukwiyuushona Constituency, over the weekend has been remanded in custody.

The case of six suspects charged with the murder and conspiracy to murder of the late Control Prosecutor Justine Shiweda has been postponed to 8 April 2026.

The accused will remain in custody until then, when a bail hearing date for accused 6, Fillemon Nakanduungile, will be set. 

A 13-year-old boy from Gobabis appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court charged with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter, a case that has shocked the community.

The accused faces two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.