Two held for Jan Joubert murder

POLICE have arrested two men in connection with the death of former Nature Conservation public relations officer, Jan Joubert, who was found murdered 50 kilometres from Tallismanus on Friday.

Chief Inspector Shinedima Shendinge confirmed yesterday that two male suspects had been taken into custody in connection with the slaying. Joubert’s body, reportedly with one stab wound, was found at around 11h00 on Friday.Members of the Namibia Police’s Special Task Force, members of the Gobabis community and friends took part in the search.Namibian-born Joubert (59), who was a well-known figure in conservation and tourism, moved to South Africa in the early 1990s, where he made a name for himself in 4×4 off-road driving and tourism circles.He went missing on Wednesday while working on a project to plot the course of the Dorsland Trek route for a tourism project.According to news reports, the last co-ordinates he sent to the Pretoria company, Georigin, for which he was mapping global positioning points on the Trek route, were at Steenboklaagte.His planned route was to go on to the Epikuro riverbed and then on to Tsumkwe.Also on Wednesday, he sent an e-mail to several people, including his wife Charlotte, saying his trip was going well.According to news reports, she would have accompanied her husband had she not been looking after a sick relative.Joubert, who lived at the Strand in the Cape, would have celebrated his 60th birthday on July 18.He is survived by his wife and two sons Paul (24) and Jan (23).A post-mortem is due to be conducted this week.Joubert’s body, reportedly with one stab wound, was found at around 11h00 on Friday.Members of the Namibia Police’s Special Task Force, members of the Gobabis community and friends took part in the search.Namibian-born Joubert (59), who was a well-known figure in conservation and tourism, moved to South Africa in the early 1990s, where he made a name for himself in 4×4 off-road driving and tourism circles.He went missing on Wednesday while working on a project to plot the course of the Dorsland Trek route for a tourism project.According to news reports, the last co-ordinates he sent to the Pretoria company, Georigin, for which he was mapping global positioning points on the Trek route, were at Steenboklaagte.His planned route was to go on to the Epikuro riverbed and then on to Tsumkwe.Also on Wednesday, he sent an e-mail to several people, including his wife Charlotte, saying his trip was going well.According to news reports, she would have accompanied her husband had she not been looking after a sick relative.Joubert, who lived at the Strand in the Cape, would have celebrated his 60th birthday on July 18.He is survived by his wife and two sons Paul (24) and Jan (23).A post-mortem is due to be conducted this week.