Coetzee sentenced to 15 years for vehicle theft

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2025-06-20

KATIMA MULILO, 24 January 2025 - Chante Coetzee appeared in the Katima Mulilo District Court on Friday. She was remanded in custody until 06 March 2025. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 20 JUN (NAMPA) – The 38-year-old South African national who was convicted of motor vehicle theft and contravention of several sections of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 29 of 2004 (POCA), was sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on Wednesday.
Chante Coetzee was convicted on three counts. For the first count of motor vehicle theft, she was sentenced to a minimum 10 years imprisonmen...

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KATIMA MULILO, 23 January 2025 - Matengu Nkando (L), the owner of Kuomboka Guesthouse and Rentals in the Zambezi Region, filed a criminal complaint at Katima Mulilo after Chante Coetzee allegedly used one of his rental vehicles to cross over into Zambia at ungazetted entry points. Coetzee was extradited to Namibia on Thursday. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

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