WEEKEND CRIME | The Namibian Police report four suicides and one sudden death over the weekend.
A senior citizen, 72-year-old Julius Hengombe, was found hanging from a wire under a tree at the Ojikango Ekwenya village in the Otjozondjpa Region. No suicide note was found.
The Namibian Police are making significant progress in infrastructural development in all 14 regions.
This was said by the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Dr. Albert Kawana, when he inaugurated the Nkurenkuru Police Station in the country's youngest region, Kavango West.
The government continues to avail resources to improve the accommodation of police officers.
The latest is N$3,8 million spent on the construction of police barracks at King-Nehale police control gate in the Oshikoto Region.
The police in the Kavango West Region have cautioned residents and farmers to be vigilant about the rising stock theft.
The Police in the Otjozondjupa Region have called on the inhabitants to continue cooperating with law enforcement agencies to curb criminal activities.
Otjozondjupa Police Commander Commissioner Henrich Tjiveze made this call during an outreach awareness campaign on drug law enforcement in Otjiwarongo.
The Namibian Police (NamPol) says the recent shortlisting for recruitment of cadet constable officers is still in the infancy stage and is not final.
The comments by the police come amid a public outcry over the shortlisting of candidates, particularly in the Hardap and ||Kharas regions.
The Oshana Region has since January this year recorded 260 cases of Gender-Based Violence.
Chief Inspector Kaarina Shiimi says 61 rapes were reported in the region, of which 25 victims are children.
The police in the Kavango West Region say that despite a few cases of criminal activity, the region is doing well in terms of curbing crime. They say no serious crimes have been reported in the region of late.
A 29-year-old farmworker died on Saturday morning after he was accidentally shot by his employer during an alleged hunting spree on Farm Choiganab No. 262 in the Grootfontein district.
The National Spokesperson of the Namibian Police, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, has informed the media that the official report by the police, in which five men were allegedly shot and killed by the Namibian Police Force and members of the Windhoek City Police, might be released today.
