Two men who stood trial on charges of poaching, Hermanus Kharugab and Ashley Eiseb, were released after a judgment review in the Windhoek High Court. Eiseb - who, according to a member of the Nossob Crime Prevention Forum, is a "big problem" - and Kharugab were arrested in November 2023 after they allegedly used a hired car to poach game in the Okahandja area. Judges Boas Usiku and Naomi Shivute set aside the convictions and sentences against both men and ordered their release from custody. The judges believe that the presiding magistrate, who found the men guilty after they pleaded guilty, made a mistake when he labelled waterbucks as game, as well as gemsbok and kudus as protected game. It is, actually, the other way around - gemsbok and kudus are game animals, while waterbucks are protected game.