Suicide is not the answer to every problem.

These were the words of Dr. Cornelia Ndifon, urging people to speak out.

According to police statistics, a total of 1,542 Namibians committed suicide between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2023.

This means that on average, the country recorded over one suicide per day, with the vast majority of victims being men at about 82%.

Suicidal feelings can mean having abstract thoughts about ending your life or feeling that people would be better off without you.

Four men accused in the stabbing and killing of 22-year-old Peter Bocky Amwaalwa made their first appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court.

Amwaalwa was found dead in a pool of blood by members of the police on patrol in Mondesa more than a week ago.

Suspects Ellen Goa-Eiseb (17), Linden Duwe (27), Sidney Jooste (24), and John Meriri (25) face a charge of murder each.

The four, among them a minor, are suspected of inflicting stabbing wounds on Amwaalwa, which caused his death.

Some young men from Rundu had the opportunity to talk about issues surrounding healthy masculinity.

According to Care Unit, a private social worker's office in Rundu, there is an increase in harmful behaviour amongst local men, such as risky sexual behaviour, suicide, low productivity in school and workplaces, and risky driving practises.

Experts say there is a need for platforms to address how to practise healthy masculinity.

Various speakers shared advice on how men can resolve issues in a civilised manner without resorting to violence. 

Erongo Governor, Neville Andre has urged men countrywide to reach out for support with mental health issues.

Andre addressed the 2nd Edition of the Namibia National Men's Conference, held at Swakopmund under the theme ''Stop suffering in silence and speak out for a solution''.

Andre says events of this nature are significant as they provide a platform for pertinent issues, such as gender-based violence, suicide, and mental health, to be engaged and deliberated on, equipping men in society with vitally important information.

Two men, a father, and his son, appeared in the Rundu Magistrate's Court for raping their minor daughter and sister, respectively.

The duo was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping the minor at Naingopo Village in Kavango West's Ncuncuni Constituency.

It is alleged that the 63-year-old Angolan national raped his daughter and threatened her not to report what had happened.

His 18-year-old son is also accused of committing a similar heinous crime against his 15-year-old sister.

NamPol Deputy Inspector General, Major General Elias Mutota, says a case of murder has been opened against the police officers who shot and killed five men in Okahandja last Tuesday.

Major General Mutota's remarks are contained in a three-page formal report released by his office on Tuesday.

Mutota says that the police, through intelligence, learned of a planned robbery at a farm in the |Khomas district and that the alleged robbers also planned to rob a gambling house, JS Slots, at Okahandja.

The director and founder of the Universal Living Rosary Association of St. Philomena in Namibia, Kenandjo Utoni, has called on men in the Christian community to take part in church activities to strengthen the importance of preventing, solving, and contributing to the reduction of social ills and nonproductive activities in society.

The director says men are absent where they are needed most—in their spiritual and social responsibilities in issues of nation-building.