Roads claim another life

ANOTHER life was lost on the roads this past weekend, when a Nissan bakkie overturned between Rehoboth and Windhoek on Saturday morning.

Benny Bajers (40), a Khomasdal resident, had been driving back home from Rehoboth when he apparently lost control of his bakkie, which overturned. Bajers died on the scene, Police in Windhoek reported yesterday.* A 22-year-old man hanged himself at an Okahandja camping site on Saturday morning.The deceased, 22-year-old Immanuel Nelongo, allegedly hanged himself from a tree with a piece of wire.* A Windhoek shebeen owner, 25-year-old Nelago Sheeya, was robbed of approximately N$2 607 and a cell phone on Friday night, after a gunman entered his shebeen and ordered him to empty his cash register.Police say the suspect is still at large.* A Windhoek resident, 22-year-old Cleofas Haisonga, was robbed of N$300 in cash and household items totalling N$405 on Saturday night, after five men entered his house in Windhoek’s One Nation settlement.No arrest has been made.* A suspect was arrested at Outapi on Saturday night, after allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl there the previous night.Bajers died on the scene, Police in Windhoek reported yesterday.* A 22-year-old man hanged himself at an Okahandja camping site on Saturday morning.The deceased, 22-year-old Immanuel Nelongo, allegedly hanged himself from a tree with a piece of wire.* A Windhoek shebeen owner, 25-year-old Nelago Sheeya, was robbed of approximately N$2 607 and a cell phone on Friday night, after a gunman entered his shebeen and ordered him to empty his cash register.Police say the suspect is still at large.* A Windhoek resident, 22-year-old Cleofas Haisonga, was robbed of N$300 in cash and household items totalling N$405 on Saturday night, after five men entered his house in Windhoek’s One Nation settlement.No arrest has been made.* A suspect was arrested at Outapi on Saturday night, after allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl there the previous night.

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