
Werner Menges
Reporter at The Namibian
Observer of human folly, reporter of cautionary tales, dog walker
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6 days ago |
namibian.com.na | Werner Menges
The murder of an elderly couple at their farm near Koës in the //Kharas region in February 2018 was a cruel and gruesome crime. This was a remark made by judge Dinnah Usiku before she sentenced the two men convicted of the double murder, Julius Arndt (47) and Andries Afrikaner (44), both to two terms of imprisonment for life on Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
namibian.com.na | Werner Menges
Two men convicted of murdering an elderly farming couple near Koës in the //Kharas region in February 2018 have both been sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment. Judge Dinnah Usiku sentenced the two men, Julius Arndt (47) and Andries Afrikaner (44), in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
namibian.com.na | Werner Menges
A pharmaceutical company of businessman Shapwa Kanyama has lost a Supreme Court appeal about a disputed tender for the provision of medicines to the Ministry of Health and Social Services at a cost of about N$1.4 billion. An appeal of Kanyama’s company, Africure Pharmaceuticals Namibia, against a High Court judgement delivered in May last year was dismissed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago |
namibian.com.na | Werner Menges
Accused of killing girl (9)A Mariental farmer accused of killing a girl (9) by driving over her with his pickup has made his first appearance in the Windhoek High Court on a charge of murder. Johan Meyer (53) made his first pretrial appearance in the High Court, where he is due to stand trial on counts of murder and attempted murder, yesterday.
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2 weeks ago |
namibian.com.na | Werner Menges
A young man accused of murdering two people in separate knife stabbings at Gobabis and also raping a child in a previous incident denied guilt on 14 criminal charges in the High Court yesterday. John Mutirua (23) pleaded not guilty to all the charges he is facing at the start of his trial before acting judge Makapa Simasiku in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility. The charges include two counts of murder, five charges of rape and two counts of attempted murder.
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