The suspect is Gerson Ndjavera, a 40-year-old unemployed resident of Windhoek, according to the Police docket.

Ndjavera was arrested on Thursday.

On Friday, he made a first court appearance before Magistrate Tuyenikelao Haikango in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court.

His case was postponed to November 22 for further investigation and he was remanded in custody.

A few hours after that appearance, though, Ndjavera was taken back to court to be granted bail.

With the agreement of Public Prosecutor Karin van Wyk, Magistrate Sarel Jacobs granted Ndjavera bail of N$500.

A Police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, told The Namibian on Friday that the Police intended to arrest a second suspect.

Ndjavera is accused of carrying a hand-written placard bearing the phrase 'Kill all whites' during a demonstration by some 200 members of the Herero community on August 24.

The demonstration, under the leadership of Herero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako, was in protest against suggestions that Germany should be given a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Demonstrators also demanded that Germany should pay reparations for the genocide of the Herero people during the anti-colonial war against the German authorities in Namibia between 1904 and 1907.

Ndjavera appeared in court on charges that he had contravened two sections of the Prohibition of Racial Discrimination Act of 1991.

These parts of the law prohibit any act, the use of any language, and the display of any article that is intended to threaten any person or group on the grounds of the racial group that the person belongs to, or that is intended to cause, encourage or incite hatred between different racial groups.

Someone found guilty on these counts could face a maximum fine of N$100 000, or a 15-year prison sentence, or both.

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