A teacher at Mbambi Junior Primary School, Olavi Immanuel (30), was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old pupil at Rundu. He was arrested on Sunday at Sauyemwa, in the Kavango East region. Immanuel was granted bail of N$2 000 when…
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Classes at Ndama Junior Primary School at Rundu were suspended yesterday until further notice due to a water crisis. This affects more than 1 300 pupils and 37 staff members at the school, and comes as four other Rundu schools…
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Classes at Ndama Junior Primary School at Rundu have been suspended until further notice. This is because the school has not had water for the past four weeks. The education director in the Kavango East region, Christine Shiilima, made the…
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Landless People’s Movement leader and presidential candidate Bernadus Swartbooi says hunger and poverty are a function and consequences of poor governance. He made these remarks during the party’s manifesto launch at Rundu, in the Kavango East region over the weekend.…
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One person died and three were injured after a car overturned and crashed in the Kavango West region on Tuesday. The incident took place on the rural roads of the Kavango West region at Mahahe village near the Trans-Caprivi highway.…
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A case of arson was opened after a fire broke out at the gender-based violence (GBV) protection office at Rundu on Monday. Kavango East police regional crime investigations coordinator deputy commissioner Bonifatius Kanyetu has confirmed the incident, saying a police…
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A Kavango East man is accusing the police at Rundu of police brutality. The Sauyemwa resident, Petrus Sikodi (19), alleges the police brutalised him for stealing a phone on 10 August. It is alleged that the phone was stolen at…
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A girl (16) was allegedly raped by her father in the Kavango West region last week.The suspect was arrested on Tuesday morning when he allegedly attempted to flee to Angola.Kavango West police regional chief inspector Raimbeth Muronga confirmed the incident.The…
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The relatives of a woman from Kapako in the Kavango West region found her dead in her room on Wednesday. Kavango West regional police chief inspector Raimbeth Muronga has confirmed that the woman was found in her room at Sikondo…
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A Namibian man (33) at Mayara in the Kavango West region was arrested on Tuesday over stolen goats. Police chief inspector Raimbeth Muronga has confirmed the arrest. The theft allegedly took place between 2023 and 2024 at Marema village. “The…
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The man who drowned in the Kavango region last Wednesday was buried on Heroes Day. Julius Katarayo (28) drowned at Mbapuka village in the Kavango East region’s Mukwe constituency last week. He is suspected to have had a seizure at…
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Two suspects were arrested for assaulting a pensioner with a stick at Kamuti village in the Kavango West region on Monday. Kavango West police regional chief inspector Raimbeth Muronga says the suspects allegedly assaulted the complainant (81) with a stick…
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