Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

The impact of slogans and mantras is not well appreciated. It is, at most times, tremendously underrated in society. 

I follow the news – not only in Namibia but also events taking place in the discourse of justice elsewhere. 

A 40-year-old domestic worker was arrested in Kavango West region after he was reported to the police for allegedly attempting to rape a three-year-old minor girl last week.

In efforts to prevent children from sharing shoes just to attend school, ReconAfrica, through the ‘Project Never Walk Alone’, recently donated 2 000 pairs of shoes to learners in the Kavango East and West regions.

The rate of suicide in Namibia continues to rise, with law-enforcement authorities announcing eight new cases and four murders over the previous week. 

Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the long-held dream by Founding President Sam Nujoma to pump water thousands of kilometres from the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Namibia should be revived to ensure water security.

The Ondangwa man, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and daughter, and seriously injured his son, could not appear in court yesterday, as he is said to be in a critical condition. 

President Hage Geingob has said despite the hardships that former Katutura Central councillor Ambrosius Kandjii faced in his later years, he had high hopes he would return to serve the Namibian people.

A global organisation has come out strongly in support of the finalisation of the Fishrot investigation and prosecution of suspects by calling the Icelandic government to find funding and provide the prosecuting office with everything it needs to complete the case as soon as possible.

A drinking buddy of rape, assault, attempted rape and attempted murder accused Gavin Gawanab testified yesterday about the day of the incident in the Windhoek High Court.