Control Prosecutor in the office of the Prosecutor General, Soraya Petrus, has raised concern that the low number of trafficking in persons cases reported in the two Kavango regions could be due to a lack of understanding.
The three accused in the recent discovery of a 1.5-hectare dagga plantation at a farm near Okahandja are set to appear in court on Thursday for the bail hearing.
The ||Kharas Region has recorded a 6% increase in crimes committed during the first quarter of 2025/26.
This was revealed by the acting police regional commander, Deputy Commissioner Gertruda !Kharugab, in an interview with NBC News.
Police in the Ohangwena Region have arrested a 24-year-old woman in the early hours of this morning after she allegedly killed her 30-year-old brother at Oshikuni village, Okongo constituency.
A 95-year-old man, Kilus Hishongwa, from Onekwaya West in the Endola Constituency of the Ohangwena Region, was allegedly murdered this morning by his 35-year-old grandson, who lived with him.
Suicide and drug possession top the weekend police report.
Two of the three suicides reported are of women in their 40s.
At Oshifo's Omumbonde Village, Lucia Pokanana (47) allegedly hanged herself at home, as did 44-year-old Meriam Kairi from Orwetoveni at Otjiwarongo.
