Staff Reporter THE lifeless body of a newborn baby boy was found at the municipal dumpsite in Walvis Bay on Wednesday, April 4, 2024. According to Warrant Officer Tashiya Tuyenikelao, the body was discovered at about 11:45 a.m. amongst rubbish. According to a local subcontractor company owner, he was at the dumping site for work...
Maria David THE Namibian Police in the Omusati Region are investigating a case of concealment of birth after a newborn baby boy was discovered dead on Monday. Omusati’s Crime Investigation Coordinator, Moses Simaho, said that the lifeless body of the deceased was found wrapped in women’s clothes around 17:50 in the bushes behind Extension 9...
Staff Reporter A 20-YEAR-OLD woman from Tutaleni, Walvis Bay, has been arrested for the murder of her newborn. According to Warrant Officer Tashiya Tuyenikelao, the murder happened on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at about 18:00. Warrant Officer Tuyenikelao said that it is alleged that the 20-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy and suffocated...
Maria David A BABY boy was born with a rare condition of a ruptured nasal bridge encephalocele at Okongo Hospital. Encephalocele is a rare type of birth defect of the neural tube that affects the brain. The neural tube is a narrow channel that folds and closes during the third and fourth weeks of pregnancy...
A mother who murdered her newborn baby by poisoning him about three years ago has received an effective prison term of 17 years at the end of her trial in the Oshakati High Court. A newborn baby has the same right to life and protection under the Constitution any other person on Namibian soil would...
Lylie Happiness WINDHOEK, July 21 – In a distressing incident on Thursday morning around 10h50, a newborn baby boy was discovered alive in a riverbed between Windhoek’s Ombili and Hakahana informal settlements. The Khomas region police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Silas Shipandeni, revealed that the unknown suspect is alleged to have unlawfully and intentionally dumped the...
Maria David THE police in Omusati are investigating a case of murder and concealment of birth after a baby girl was discovered in a waterhole. The discovery was made on Monday in Iikokola Village, located in Omusati’s Tsandi Constituency. Omusati Crime Investigation Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Moses Simaho, said that the deceased, estimated to be about...