Man appears in court for son's murder

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A 28-year-old man charged with the murder of his biological son in Otavi made his first appearance before the town's magistrate court.

Thomas Muronga is accused of fatally injuring his two-year-old son, Jason Muronga.

He allegedly forcibly took the child from his 24-year-old girlfriend, who is also the baby's mother, and then proceeded to a railway line in the town. There, it is alleged, he struck the child's head against concrete poles twice.

Jason died of severe head injuries the same day at the Otjiwarongo State Hospital.

Man allegedly kills mother in Kavango West

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A Kavango West man allegedly murdered his biological mother after he chopped her with a hoe on the head.

Anastasia Tjangano (53) died on the spot.

According to the Namibian Police public relations department, the deceased and her son had an argument that resulted in a fatal blow.

The 25-year-old man has been arrested, and police investigations continue.

Meanwhile, a girlfriend killed her boyfriend in the Khomas Region.

24-year-old Lesley Kamwi was allegedly stabbed with a knife and killed by his 19-year-old girlfriend at Beijing Street, 7 De Laan.