A former police officer who was charged with murdering his daughter in June 2020 has been found guilty in the High Court sitting at Katima Mulilo. In a judgement delivered on Thursday, judge president Petrus Damaseb also found Sydney Ikosa (35) guilty of assaulting his daughter Joy Ikosa (2) and of child neglect. Ikosa’s wife,...
A close relative of the late daughter of labour minister Utoni Nujoma, who died in a suspected suicide on Friday, revealed that she appeared to be doing well as she was open about her depression. Niita Nujoma’s body was discovered in a riverbed in Cimbebasia, Windhoek, during the morning hours, according to police spokesperson Kauna...
Labour, industrial relations and employment creation minister Utoni Nujoma’s daughter’s body was discovered in a riverbed in Cimbebasia, Windhoek on Friday. This was confirmed by police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi. Shikwambi said it is alleged that two security guards went in the nearby bushes to fetch firewood when they discovered 37-year-old Niita Nujoma’s body in the...
A 21-year-old mother, identified as Hileni Virere, allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter before taking her own life at a house at Old Ombili, Otjiwarongo, on Saturday. This was announced in the weekend crime report by the Namibian police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi. It is suspected the incident happened between 16h50 and 17h00. “Prior to the incident, the deceased’s friend...
Staff Reporter THE Namibian police in the Omusati Region are investigating a case of rape after a sixteen-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her biological father. The incident occurred in the Eendombe village in the Ogongo Constituency on Tuesday and was reported to the police by the victim’s private school teacher. The suspect was...
The police at Walvis Bay have confirmed that Isei-Mari Gottert (38) and her daughter (2) Amor Bester, who went missing at the town on Tuesday, have been found. According to Erongo police commander for community affairs inspector Ileni Shapumba, Gottert and her daughter were found safe on Friday morning. The mother and daughter left their...
Staff Reporter The Erongo Police are requesting the public’s assistance to determine the whereabouts of Isei-Mari Gottert (38) and her daughter, Amor Bester (2). According to the police, Gottert and her daughter were last seen on Tuesday morning, 18 July, in Walvis Bay. Gottert was last seen at home by the domestic worker, wearing a...
The police at Walvis Bay are requesting the public to help trace the 38-year-old Isei-Mari Gottert and her two-year-old daughter Amor Bester. According to Erongo police media spokesperson sergeant Anastasia Frans, Gottert and her daughter left their house at 5th Street, Walvis Bay, on Tuesday shortly after 09h00. Gottert allegedly said they were going for...
Staff Reporter HAIPANDA Ncame Simbungu, 55, was denied bail in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court this morning for the murder of his daughter, Maria Isona Simbungu. Simbungu was detained on Tuesday after allegedly stabbing her twice in the chest with a knife. Reports indicate that the incident occurred while she was sleeping in her room, resulting...