Court proceedings in the Rehoboth drug case continued on Friday.

One of the co-accused of Naomi Fisch, Menschel Beukes, testified in favour of Fisch and said he wants justice for her.

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. 

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a U.S. court following his capture and transfer to the United States. 

Documents that remain outstanding have again delayed the bail hearing of brothers George and Bino Cloete in the Keetmanshoop Magistrates Court. 

The Pretoria High Court has indefinitely adjourned the hearing of the leave to appeal, where the family had made an application to be heard following their failure to accept the judgement that was passed to allow the Zambian government to repatriate and bury the remains of the late Edgar Lungu in Zambia.

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.

Another legal battle has emerged at the High Court, tied to the infamous Fishrot scandal, as Nigel Van Wyk faces staunch opposition from the Prosecutor General in his attempt to seek review and overturn some charges against him.