Child marriage, child neglect, and people taking the law into their own hands are some of the prevalent issues in the Kavango East Region.
This was revealed by some law enforcement officers in Rundu.
A man has been arrested at Rosh Pinah after allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.
Innocent Mahoto, a 78-year-old retired Director of Education in the Zambezi Region, appeared before Katima Mulilo Magistrate Davy Kambinda for the first time.
He is facing charges related to rape.
Two women who stand accused of repeatedly raping a 21-year-old mentally challenged man at Omeege Village have been remanded in custody this morning, and their case was postponed to September 28 this year. Reporter Ndapanda Shuuya with cameraman Simon Naeman Oshakati shed more detail on this case.
Matroos Raymond and Rajiv Jossep, accused of raping and murdering 29-year-old Quinteline Bonnita ǂEixas, a mother of four, in 2021, pleaded not guilty to both charges in the Katutura Magistrate's Court.
ǂEixas' s lifeless body was discovered on the premises of a church in Katutura by a caretaker.
Two men, a father, and his son, appeared in the Rundu Magistrate's Court for raping their minor daughter and sister, respectively.
The duo was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping the minor at Naingopo Village in Kavango West's Ncuncuni Constituency.
Popular Ma|Gaisa producer Bonny Araeb (38) has been arrested on allegations of rape.
Araeb appeared on Friday at the Swakopmund Magistrates Court.
It is alleged that he raped two minors, aged 4 and 5, on several occasions during November and December of last year.
A 13-year-old minor is pregnant after allegedly being raped by her father.
The incident occurred in December at the Owambo location in Grootforntein.
Police in the Omusati Region have arrested two male learners, aged 15 and 10, while another is on the run for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl at Omaandi village in Oshikuku constituency.
The police at Rundu is investigating a case in which a 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by four boys at Ndama on Thursday.
