Day: April 16, 2023

A 22-year-old male suspect from Karibib in the Erongo region was arrested on charges of rape and indecent assault after he reportedly lured three minor girls on different occasions to his place to have sexual intercourse with them.

A crime report issued Sunday by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) said the suspect allegedly raped the minor girls, of which two are aged seven and the other, eight, in February this year on different occasions, however, the matter was only reported recently.

He is expected to appear before the Karibib Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

A 13-year-old girl from Shighuru village in the Kavango East was allegedly raped in December 2022 by a suspect who is still at large.

The report alleged that the male suspect had sexual intercourse with the minor under coercive circumstances and as a result, got the girl pregnant.

The incident was only reported recently.

An eight-year-old girl from Omutsegonime village of the Oshikoto region was allegedly raped by a 25–old Angolan male suspect on Friday.

The suspect is expected to appear before Tsumeb Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Meanwhile, 21-year-old Terfina Kadhikwa from Oniihandi village in Oshikoto region allegedly committed suicide in her sleeping room on Friday at about 05h50.

The deceased lifeless body was found hanging from the roof with a rope around her neck by one of the family members and the motive of the suicide is unknown as the deceased did not leave a suicide note behind.

“The deceased body was transported to the Onandjokwe hospital mortuary for post-mortem to be conducted to determine the cause of death. Next of kin have been informed.”

In a separate incident, 44-year-old Werner Tjipanga, died on Saturday during an alleged fight with two suspects aged 26 and 36 at Karibib.

The incident occurred between 04h00 and 06h00 at the residence of one of the suspects in the Harambee Location.

The cause of the fight is still unknown and the suspects were arrested and are expected to appear before the Karibib Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

The deceased body was transported to Walvis Bay Police mortuary for postmortem to be conducted to determine the cause of death. The next of kin have been informed.

Investigations in all matters continue.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

The police in the Kavango East region have charged three suspects out of the eight arrested on Thursday in connection with a robbery incident on a teacher at the Rudolf Ngondo Primary School in Rundu.

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Acting Regional Commander in the Kavango East Region, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu confirmed to Nampa on Sunday that the suspects were arrested at a bar in Sikanduko informal settlement at around 11h00.

He said the Polo used in the crime was also retrieved on Saturday, hidden in a yard in the Sauyemwa informal settlement.

However, the number plate on the vehicle was removed during the robbery and replaced later Nambahu revealed.

“One of the suspects is wanted in other cases in Windhoek. The victim’s handbag which was snatched with cash was also found on Sunday dumped with her documents scattered in the bushes,” the Deputy commissioner said.

The victim’s bag he added was found near the bar where the suspects were arrested.

The three suspects have been charged on charges of robbery and are expected to appear in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

It is alleged that two men jumped over the school fence and held a male and a female, at knifepoint in a classroom.

The suspects allegedly injured the male teacher and grabbed the female teacher’s handbag which contained N.dollars 14 000, before making their way over the fence and speeding off in a silver Polo without a number plate.

The N.dollars 14 000 which belonged to the school was allegedly withdrawn from Bank Windhoek on the same day and was meant for a regional sports event the teachers were assisting in organising.

Police investigations into the matter continue.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope led the commencement of the construction of a block of two classrooms at the Seaside Primary School in Walvis Bay, in celebration of his birthday, on 14 April.

The governor is leading the project, and together with his office staff are constructing the block with the assistance of different stakeholders including contractors, trainee constructors from the Community Skills Development Centre (COSDEC) as well as those who have donated the building materials.

“My office is prioritising education particularly this year because we have noticed the number of challenges faced by the region in the entire education sector, from a shortage of classrooms to textbooks.

This burden is mainly from the huge influx of people moving to the region in search of better livelihood, which obviously increases the need for more spacing in schools and everywhere else,” the governor noted.

The two classrooms will be constructed with pre-cast materials at the cost of close to N.dollars 200 000 and are expected to be completed within one week.

The governor emphasised that utilising the cheap method would assist many schools facing the same classroom shortage problem.

Compared to the traditional building material which would cost over N.dollars 2.5 million and three months to complete, construction with the pre-cast material is cheaper and faster to complete.

The Seaside Primary School was one of the schools identified by the Directorate of Education in the Region, as it has a lack of classrooms.

The School’s Acting Principal Lucinda Resandt in an interview with Nampa said the school is currently operating on a platoon system as a result of a shortage of classrooms and the initiative could not have come at a better time.

“We currently have 11 classrooms of grades 0-4 operating on the platoon and five floating teachers as there are not enough classrooms for each teacher to have their own classrooms,” she said.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Mr Cyprus Nii Sackey, Country Director, OKRA Projects, has commissioned a three-unit classroom block for the Have-Hadzidekope D/A Junior High School in the Afadzato South District to enhance delivery of quality education.

The block, which also has offices, toilets and polytank, is a community initiative, which got assistance from Okra Projects in December 2022.

Mr Sackey noted that they supplied the materials to the community as an assistance they provided, adding that the new block was the third project in the district.

He said more than 30 projects had been commissioned nationwide in six years of its operations adding that the communal spirit of the community members was commendable.

Mr Sackey noted that it was their hope that they would return to the community someday and urged teachers and pupils to enjoy the structure and make the best out of it.

Madam Janet Esi Hammond on behalf of the Afadzato South District Education Director, said the school over the years had been suffering from a befitting classroom block, which hindered on quality academic work.

She said the situation had been an albatross on the neck of the Directorate as no means was available to salvage it.

She commended the donors, the community’s commitment and the communal spirit exhibited to build the edifice.

Madam Hammond called on all stakeholders to revive the maintenance culture and support the school authorities to maintain the facility for its durability.

Togbe Dzeh I, Chief of the Community in a speech read for him, commended the Okra Projects for their kind gesture to the community while appealing to the Education Directorate to complement the gesture with the provision of desks.

He said there was there need for more teachers and pleaded for grants from the Directorate in sustaining education in the community.

Mr Felix Normenyo, Assemblyman, Have-Alavanyo Electoral Area, noted that the contribution of the community members towards the success of the project and called on the Education Directorate to continue to assist education in the community with resources.

He commended the teachers for their commitment towards the welfare of students.

Mr Normenyo called on stakeholders and benevolent individuals and groups to help provide the needed infrastructure to help the community while urging the student to learn.

Mr Peniyena Felix, Headteacher, expressed gratitude to the donors for the support and promised management’s commitment to ensure that proper care would be taken of the structure.

Mr Kenneth Kofikuma Puem, former Headteacher of the school, said the school was established in 1997 as a community-based school to give formal education to the pupils from this community and its environs.

‘In 2009, the school was absorbed by government and first professional teacher posted into the school in 2010 September.’

He said the school started with a student population of 23 made up of 10 boys and 13 girls on a gradual footing with lack of infrastructure and other facilities where teaching and learning was done under thatched buildings coupled with challenges where sometimes snakes fall from the buildings where classes were in section.

Mr Puem said the school was well represented in sporting activities, adding that the school sat for its first BECE in 2020 and had a 100 per cent pass, 65 per cent in 2021 and 90 per cent in 2022.

He said the school is faced with lack of classrooms, furniture and teachers and urged the current Headmaster to continue to work in addressing the challenges.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Mr Wisdom Gidisu, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Krachi East Constituency, has said his priority is the provision of potable water to households in the Municipality.

He said despite River Oti running across Dambai, the regional capital, the resource is still scarce for households and that was a bother to him.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), he said many communities in his constituency which was largely rural were deprived of potable water and has cogent plans to correct the situation.

Mr Gidisu assured the delegates to give him the authority on May 13, to lead the party into the general election and winning to translate these projects into reality becomes their representative in parliament 2025.

He observed that most of the towns in the constituency are not connected to the national grid saying his position as the representative of the people is not only to win votes but to leave a befitting legacy for the generation yet unborn.

He explained that electricity connectivity and expansion to the neglected communities by his predecessor was essential because it would have opened the Municipality for investment and raise the standard of living of the people, while creating employable opportunities for the youth.

He assured that the remaining communities without electricity would be connected to the national grid, should the NDC come to power in 2025 and he remained their MP for the constituency.

He assured party faithful, chiefs and other stakeholders to tackle the unemployment challenge in the Constituency by creating jobs for the youths especially those that may be interested to join security services.

Source: Ghana News Agency