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Order a long-term news report on Caprivi high treason trial
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The Namibian
… The office also paid tribute to former prosecutor Corelie Barnard, whose life was cut short while serving the prosecution during Namibia’s historic Caprivi high treason trial. …
Acting PG Imalwa honours control prosecutor Justine Shiweda one year after attackWindhoek Observer
… The statement also paid tribute to the late prosecutor Corelie Barnard, who died while serving the cause of justice during her involvement in the Caprivi high treason trial. …
Prosecutors to honour Shiweda one year after attackWindhoek Observer
… It hires location scouts who know the Namib, the Caprivi, the streets of Lüderitz and the history of Omaheke. …
The seed beneath the sandThe Namibian
Former member of parliament and Caprivi high treason trial convict Geoffrey Mwilima is remembered to have spent most of his 50 days after being released from prison dancing with his grandchildren. …
Mwilima remembered for his love for grandchildrenThe Namibian
Former politician and Caprivi treason convict Geoffrey Mwilima has died at the age of 70. …
Former Caprivi secessionist Mwilima diesInformanté
Staff Reporter FORMER Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) member of parliament and Caprivi high treason convict Geoffrey Mwilima has died at the age of 70, just weeks after his release from prison on remission. …
Caprivi treason convict Mwilima dies weeks after releaseThe Namibian
… The region was formerly known as the Caprivi and is bordered by Angola, Zambia and Botswana. …
Reason to travel: The lush Zambezi regionThe Namibian
THE Emergency Management Unit (EMU) has instructed the Caprivi Regional Council to carry out a flood-threat assessment in the region to prepare for a possible repeat of last year’s floods.
Caprivi on flood alertThe Office of the Prosecutor General visited the family of former control prosecutor Justine Shiweda in Oshana region one year after she was attacked at Ondangwa and died on 7 February. Acting prosecutor general Martha Imalwa laid a wreath and condemned violence and intimidation directed at prosecutors, warning such acts undermine the administration of justice.
18 October 2026 · The Namibian →
The Office of the Prosecutor General visited the family of former control prosecutor Justine Shiweda in Oshana region one year after she was attacked at Ondangwa and died on 7 February. Acting prosecutor general Martha Imalwa laid a wreath and condemned violence and intimidation directed at prosecutors, warning such acts undermine the administration of justice.
18 October 2026 · The Namibian →
The Office of the Prosecutor-General will visit the family of control prosecutor Justine Shiweda in the Oshana region on Saturday to commemorate her death one year after she was attacked in Ondangwa in October 2025. Shiweda sustained gunshot wounds and injuries from a corrosive substance and died in February 2026; Acting Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa will lead the remembrance visit, during which a wreath will be laid to recognize Shiweda's service to the justice system.
17 October 2026 · Windhoek Observer →
An opinion piece argues that Namibia must recognize and support its grassroots creative workers—photographers, filmmakers, and others working without formal employment—as essential to building a thriving creative economy, rather than waiting for individual talent to emerge.
5 May 2026 · Windhoek Observer →
Former MP and Caprivi high treason trial convict Geoffrey Mwilima, who was released from prison on 24 December after serving more than 26 years, died on 12 February at a Windhoek hospital. Family members at his memorial service recalled how he spent his final 50 days dancing with his grandchildren and reconnecting with loved ones despite receiving dialysis treatment for kidney disease.
20 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Geoffrey Mwilima, a former politician convicted of treason for alleged involvement in an armed attack in Katima Mulilo in 1999 aimed at separating the Caprivi region from Namibia, has died at age 70, according to his lawyer. He was released from prison in December on remission and died a month later.
12 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Former DTA parliament member Geoffrey Mwilima, convicted in the 1999 Caprivi high treason case, has died at Lady Pohamba Private Hospital in Windhoek, just weeks after his release on remission in December 2025. He was 70 years old and had been imprisoned since 1999 following armed separatist attacks in Katima Mulilo.
12 February 2026 · Informanté →