The man accused of fatally shooting 39-year-old Rachel Frans on Friday in Havana made his first appearance in the Katutura Magistrate's Court on Monday, as police continued investigating several violent crimes reported over the weekend.
A 29-year-old man was denied bail in the Rundu Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Anton Babinu Zola was arrested in connection with alleged serial rape incidents in Rundu, Kavango East Region.
Former NAMDIA employee Stefanus Charles Rhoman and senior officer Willem Stoffel, both facing two counts of defeating the ends of justice and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), appeared for a bail application hearing at the Bethanie Magistrate’s Court.
High Court Judge Marelize du Plessis will on Wednesday hear from Fishrot lawyers on how they wish to proceed with the main criminal trial, which has faced multiple delays.
Magistrate Veruka Njembo has postponed his decision on limited access to communication for the five accused in the murder trial of the late control prosecutor, Justine Shiweda.
The five accused are currently incarcerated at the Grootfontein Correctional Facility.
The Keetmanshoop mayor, Francis Swartbooi, has requested the local Magistrates' Court to disregard as inadmissible the evidence in a drunk-driving case against her.
Questions have been raised over how legal aid lawyers are paid in one of the country's biggest corruption trials.
Allegations of unequal pay, unpaid legal work and special incentives for some have rocked the Ministry of Justice, as the Fishrot matter returns to court on Monday.
State Advocate Lilungwe Basson, this morning, told the Windhoek High Court that the State is not ready to proceed with the appeal of the bail application by Peter and Malakia Elindi and former Namcor executives Immanuel Mulunga, Jennifer Hamukwaya, Olivia Dunaiski, and Leo Nandago.
Steven Schneiders told the court that he attempted to take his own life after learning that his girlfriend and co-accused, Naomi Fisch, had suffered a miscarriage.
Court proceedings across the country came to a standstill on Wednesday morning, as magistrates began a strike, leaving accused persons, lawyers, and prosecutors waiting in courtrooms with no presiding officers.
