AG ‘not at Omusati meeting’

THE Office of Justice Minister and Attorney General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana took exception to a sentence in a story that appeared on the front page of The Namibian on Monday, where it was said that she had attended a meeting in the Omusati Region on September 22.

Sackey Shangala, Special Advisor to the Minister, yesterday told The Namibian that she “was never at Okahao this year.” In the story it was said that Iivula-Ithana attended a funeral near Okahao that day and afterwards attended a meeting with several Swapo members.”This was definitely not the case,” Shangala said.”It is not in our culture to hold other meetings while attending a funeral.”In the story it was said that Iivula-Ithana attended a funeral near Okahao that day and afterwards attended a meeting with several Swapo members.”This was definitely not the case,” Shangala said.”It is not in our culture to hold other meetings while attending a funeral.”