The Outjo Municipality is exploring setting up high mast lights and surveillance systems across crime hot spots in the town to help curb violent crimes in the town.

This was revealed by Outjo Mayor Bartholomeus Aibeb during a sombre march in solidarity with murdered 21-year-old Florencia Jacob in January.

Aibeb says there is a need for setting up surveillance systems to help safeguard the town and high mast lights in dark and hard-to-see areas where residents use shortcuts.

"We need to see what we can do with regard to these bushy areas. Working in this locality gives us that task too. Also, in the absence of the governor of the region, we work together to see what we can put in, whether it would be CCTV or whatever that we can put in here so that we save the lives of our young girls."

Pots of Hope organisation director Alexia Naris and Pastor Regina Munyanu of the Outjo Lutheran Church condemned acts of GBV and called for unity in the community.

"As spots of hope, we strongly condemn China-based violence in all its forms. Let's take collective responsibility to speak out against gender-based violence. Let's act against gender-based violence. Your lives are precious to this entire community. Let us choose unity, let us choose to still care after this incident as well, and let us choose to hope together. May the God whose love cannot be broken hold us, strengthen us, and walk with us."

Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua called for speedy justice and thorough investigations to capture the culprits. According to police reports, Jacobs' body was discovered along the boundary fence of an abandoned construction SDA church building behind the Sophia Shaningwa Fire Station. Multiple wounds were found on the head and face, and her clothes were scattered at the scene.

Jacobs was robbed of a cell phone. Although four people have been interrogated and DNA samples taken, no arrests have been made yet.