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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6670 TUESDAY 18 JULY 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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“Your father caused the accident” - Defence Advocate insists collision on Dippenaar’s side of the road Erwin Leuschner
Antonia Joschko, the key-witness in the Dippenaar murder trial spent more than five hours on the witness stand on Wednesday and Thursday under a gruelling cross-examination by Jandré Dippenaar's defense, Advocate Louis Botes. Dippenaar is among other charges accused of having caused the deaths of six people in a vehicle accident on the Swakopmund-Henties Bay road on 29 December 2014. Joschko is the sole survivor of her family, after her father, mother and sister died when their vehicle and that of Dippenaar's was involved in a head-on collision. Three people in Dippenaar's vehicle also died. After leaving the witness stand the case was postponed for continuation of trial in November this year. During the cross-examination on Thursday Advocate Louis Botes told Joschko that she "fabricated" her version of events and did in fact not see what happened in the split seconds of the collision. "Having regard to the real evidence we will argue that you are fabricating your story for two reasons: Firstly, you want to exonerate your father for his wrongdoings and secondly you did not observe what happened that day", Botes said. Joschko stood by her story and said that "I am telling you what I saw that day." Dippenaar is accused of having overtaken several vehicles at high speed in his FJ Cruiser on a blind crest, ploughing into the Joschko vehicle, a white Ford Ranger double cab. Of the four occupants in the Ford Ranger, only Antonia Joschko survived. She lost her father Walter Helmut Joschko, mother Stephanie Schermuck-Joschko and sister Alexandra Marlene Joschko (19). She was 16 years old at the time. After Joschko gave evidence on Wednesday, the trial resumed with a gruelling cross-examination of the witness on Thursday. During the cross-examination Magistrate Gaynor Poulton paused the trial numerous times to give the witness a break. Joschko was emotional and broke down in tears several times during cross-examination. “Our instructions are that the area of impact was on the left-hand lane (from south to north) and had your father kept to his lane, this accident would not have
Major drug bust at Henties Bay Sharlien Tjambari
The Namibian Police continues to pounce on the coast's drug underworld. In the latest results of an ongoing operation, this time in Henties Bay's Omdel suburb, drugs were found to the value of N$42 350-00 as well as more than N$43 000 in cash which is believed to be drug proceeds. The success follows only days after similar arrests during antidrug operations in Swakopmund's Mondesa suburb and Walvis Bay's Kuisebmond suburb. A 58-year old woman, Portia Ntombikayizo Zweni, was arrested on a charge of dealing in cannabis. The suspect was found with 230 grams of cannabis and 400 suspected Mandrax tablets, with a combined value of N$ 42 300-00. Cash of N$43 270-00, believed to be proceeds from the selling of drugs, were also confiscated. The accused appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate court yesterday. This incident was confirmed by the police regional crime investigations coordinator for Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu. In another incident, also at Henties Bay on Friday a 26-year old woman was arrested after half a Mandrax tablet valued at N$50 was found in her possession.
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Businesswomen and finance
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Namibia overpowers Zim
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