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Arandis-shooter applies for bail State represented by same advocate who put Thomas Florin behind bars for life Sharlien Tjambari and Floris Steenkamp The alleged Arandis-shooter, Ernst Lichtenstrasser (58), is applying for bail. Lichtenstrasser faces two murder counts after the Director of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NiMT), Mr Eckhart Mueller (72), and his Deputy, Heimo Hellwig (60), were gunned down in cold blood as they arrived for work at the Institute at Arandis early on the morning of 15 April this year. Representing the State in Lichtenstrasser's bail application is Advocate Antonia Verhoef, who is also Namibia's Deputy Prosecutor-General. Advocate Verhoef counts among the best State legal practitioners in the country. She represented the State in the late nineties in the prosecution of Thomas Florin who killed and dismembered his wife at their residence in the then Brückenstrasse of Swakopmund.
The State opposes bail to Lichtenstrasser. “If allowed bail, the accused might temper with evidence and police investigations and giving bail might not be in the interest of the public”, Verhoef argued before magistrate Conchita Olivier. Lichtenstrasser is represented by legal practitioner Trevor Brockerhoff. The bail hearing is set to continue today.
SA Express hopes the worst is over
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Poor service and the prevalence of corruption
Eileen van der Schyff A source close to the operations of SA Express said this week he is confident delayed or cancelled flights between Johannesburg and Walvis Bay is over. A shortage of airplanes the past few weeks resulted in frustrating flight delays and cancellations. “SA Express had no choice but operate with a reduced schedule as several planes were in for repairs. Available SA Express planes had to fill in and help all flying routes in and around South Africa. This caused flights from Johannesburg to Walvis Bay delayed and even cancelled at some stages”, it was explained. Meanwhile, flight delays also plague Namibia's national air carrier, Air Namibia, which currently battles the perfect storm of a cash crunch and grounded planes.
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