Death by cable

A 37-year-old man from a village near Oshakati died on Tuesday afternoon after touching a live electric cable, the Police reported yesterday.

He was identified as Nicko Mokatu. * On Tuesday morning, a 29-year-old Windhoek woman was on her way to town when the driver of the taxi she was travelling in and an accomplice drove her to a gravel road near the Van Eck power station instead.They robbed her and forced her out of the taxi before driving off.* Two people committed suicide on Tuesday.In Windhoek, 46-year-old Phillipus Ulingi hanged himself in his room at Wanaheda, while at Walvis Bay, 33-year-old Lukas Shaf apparently shot himself in the head with a pistol.* On Tuesday morning, a 29-year-old Windhoek woman was on her way to town when the driver of the taxi she was travelling in and an accomplice drove her to a gravel road near the Van Eck power station instead.They robbed her and forced her out of the taxi before driving off.* Two people committed suicide on Tuesday.In Windhoek, 46-year-old Phillipus Ulingi hanged himself in his room at Wanaheda, while at Walvis Bay, 33-year-old Lukas Shaf apparently shot himself in the head with a pistol.