Staff Reporter CURIOUS and anxious residents of the central part of the Oneshila informal settlement in Oshakati hurried out of their houses and onto the street following a loud “bang” and the sound of speeding vehicles on Friday evening. It was about 19:00 when a speeding sedan, with its lights off, approached from the western...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja A total of 20 members of the Namibian Police Force have been charged with drug-related crimes while 10 others have been charged with murder over the last three years. This is according to Namibian Police Inspector General, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, who disclosed that over the past three years, 20 cases involving drug-related...
Juventus have the chance to claim top spot in Serie A on Sunday with leaders Inter Milan contesting the Italian Super Cup, while Roma idol Daniele De Rossi takes the reigns at his boyhood club. Massimiliano Allegri’s Juve can put pressure on Inter with a win at Lecce in a title race the coach inelegantly described...
Staff Reporter A FEMALE resident of the Oneshila informal settlement in Oshakati fell victim to a robbery, losing a significant amount of money to suspects who employed a deceptive scheme. The incident occurred around 09:00 on Wednesday when an unknown individual approached the victim’s house, pretending to seek directions to a specific location. The unsuspecting...
Staff Reporter BARTHOLOMEWS Shimbinda, a Walvis Bay-based police officer who was arrested and granted N$1,000 bail in a case of possession of stolen property, may face additional charges depending on the outcome of an ongoing police investigation. The police are investigating his possible involvement in a case of murder after a cellphone belonging to a...
Maria David THE fatal road accident involving the Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant-General Joseph Shikongo, in December last year, is being addressed not only by the conventional justice system but is also the subject of community courts. The incident occurred on the Ondangwa-Oshikango road in December last year when Shikongo’s private vehicle collided...
Acting Kavango East police regional commander deputy commissioner Eino Nambahu has urged officers to handle their financial affairs better as some end up not having taxi money to come to work. He also urged police officers to stop borrowing money. “It’s too much. You should stop borrowing money … Your payslips are full of debt....
Khomas police crime investigation coordinator deputy commissioner Chrispin Mubebo says an investigation is being conducted into ex-police reservist Valentino Endjala, who was captured on video manhandling his allegedly pregnant girlfriend. “Outcomes of the investigation will determine if the state will lay charges or not, the charges will be laid as per the Combating of Domestic...
The mining commissioner in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Isabella Chirchir, has requested the Erongo regional police to halt Xinfeng Investment and other trucks transporting unprocessed crushed lithium ore from the Kohero mine near Omaruru. Chirchir, in a letter to police inspector general Joseph Shikongo dated 19 October, said Xinfeng lacks the necessary transport...
Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo has warned “lazy” police officers and prosecutors who blame each other for missing or misplaced dockets. This results in endless delays in court cases, he says. “But then you also find lazy police officers and prosecutors, who will say the docket is with the police, and the police will say...