A disturbing incident of grave violation has left the community of Bito village in the Zambezi Region in shock and disbelief. The incident, which occurred on January 6, is being investigated by the police. Authorities have confirmed that the grave in question belongs to a deceased person, who was buried in April 2024. According to […]
After investigating for over a year, police in the Kavango East Region seem to have moved a step further regarding the death of 18-year-old Malaka Sipilikita. This came as 17-year-old Malakiia Simuketa appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on a summons, 15 months after Sipilikita’s murder. Simuteka’s appearance comes after months of police asking the […]
A two-day-old baby in Opuwo had luck on her side on Wednesday evening when a passerby heard her desperate cry in the dark. This was after her mother gave birth to her shortly before and left her still in the afterbirth and wrapped in a dark green blanket. Nampol’s Head of Community Liaison in the […]
Chief Justice Peter Shivute said there is a need for knowledge-sharing and collaboration between the judiciaries of Namibia and Uganda. Shivute was speaking during a courtesy visit by Ugandan Chief Justice Alfonso Owiny-Dollo to the Supreme Court. Justice Shivute expressed Namibia’s eagerness to learn from Uganda’s successes in implementing plea bargaining as part of judicial […]
Otjozondjupa Police Commander, Commissioner Philip Hidengwa, described Operation EROKU Amplified as a success with 60 arrests made. The operation that usually focuses on the Erongo and Kunene regions is now known as EROKU Amplified, this time around including the Otjozondjupa, Oshana, and Oshikoto regions. The police, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, and Save […]
Droves of Keetmanshoop residents have gone on social media, expressing concern over the alleged spiralling of crime fuelled by gangsterism in the town. They attribute the worsening crime situation since the start of the festive season, which includes two murders, to a lack of police visibility. Residents have suggested the need to deploy the Police […]
The murder case of Keetmanshoop resident Elleste Plaatjies, who died following an alleged brutal attack by Namibian police officers, may soon return to the court roll. NamPol’s crime investigation coordinator in the ||Kharas Region, Deputy Commissioner Nicodemus Mbango, confirmed to nbc News that police investigations have been finalized. The case was provisionally struck from the […]
A 30-year-old Namibian woman, Pauline Mbangula, who was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in September 2024 after arriving from São Paulo with over 68 cocaine bullets ingested in her stomach, will make her 4th appearance before a Johannesburg magistrate on February 26. According to Namibia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Veiccoh Nghiwete, Mbangula remains […]
The police at Karasburg are investigating a case of culpable homicide following the death of a 17-year-old boy injured during a football match. The deceased has been identified as Bradley Waterboer, a Grade 9 learner at Lordsville Secondary School. Waterboer’s next of kin are aware of his death. The incident occurred around 17:00 on Thursday. […]
|Uis activist Jimmy ||Areseb has been granted bail of N$2,000 by Omaruru Magistrate Asi Gariseb following his arrest on Saturday. ||Areseb was taken into custody after participating in a sit-in at the Daures Traditional Authority offices, organized by a group of concerned community members, who were demanding to meet withntheir chief, Sagaruas Seibeb. He faced […]
