A 37-year-old man, Petrus Ndakola, from Opepela Village in the Okongo Constituency, who faces a charge of murder after allegedly killing his 52-year-old girlfriend before burning her remains, has been denied bail this morning at Okongo Magistrate's Court.

A 45-year-old Jose Paulus Maseka died at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital after he was stabbed in the arm with a broken bottle at a local bar.

It is reported that the suspect and the deceased were drinking at a local Bar at Katima Mulilo when an argument broke out between the deceased and his girlfriend.