Day: September 4, 2023

A 28-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly assaulting her 63-year-old mother at Ongudi village in the Ohangwena Region on Friday.

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in a crime report on Sunday reported that the suspect allegedly attacked her mother with a panga, inflicting wounds on her hands, chest and mouth.

“The victim was taken to the Oshakati State Hospital for treatment,” the crime report said.

The police also reported that a 30-year-old male suspect was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old man in the head with a kitchen knife in Windhoek’s Otjomuise residential area on Friday.

The victim has been admitted to the hospital and police investigations continue.

Meanwhile, a man died instantly after being struck in the head with an empty bottle by a 21-year-old woman at Ouholamo in the Eenhana Constituency on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Matias Mwetufa.

It is alleged that the suspect was assaulting a young man when Mwetufa tried to intervene.

She then allegedly turned on him, went into a shebeen and came out with the bottle and hit the deceased over the head.

The woman has been arrested.

The deceased’s next of kin were informed, and police investigations continue.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Leader of the Batswana Ba Namibia in Aminuis in the Omaheke Region, Andrew Mongwaketsi Kgosiemang says his people need more land as the tribe is growing.

Speaking recently at the Tsjaka Industrial and Agricultural Show the traditional authority leader said he is ready to advise on the land issue with the country’s leaders and urged them to consider availing more land to the Batswana Ba Namibia.

“I am informed that the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform wishes to revisit the resettlement programme, we are willing to share our experiences when the time is right,” he said.

Kgosiemang further said in the early 1980s the Batswana administrative authority bought the 10 farms around Tsjaka which were allocated to Batswana farmers and they, according to him, divided it into units.

“Although these farms or units were bought for Batswana, people from other tribes were also included and they are here with us. Programmes were initiated to change the then communal farmers to commercial farmers,” he said.

“Through mentor programmes, I am proud to announce that indeed some communal farmers graduated and some bought commercial farms, and they are still proud farmers,” he added.

The traditional leader said there is still confusion after more than 30 years about whether the area is communal or used for resettlement and this has become a problem as they do not benefit from many projects given to communal areas and resettled farmers.

“This confusion has cost our farmers. I am in contact with the land reform ministry and hope very soon this issue will be resolved. I am requesting [President Hage Geingob] to look into purchasing more farms, because families have grown,” he said.

The chief said land is an issue because even their children who went abroad for greener pastures are coming back to Namibia and they too will need land, thus he also advised those who can, to start buying farms and apply for resettlement farms.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Four suspects were arrested in Walvis Bay on Friday after allegedly being found on possession of drugs worth N.dollars 5 320 during a police search, the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) has reported.

NamPol, in a crime report on Sunday, said the four suspects, whose ages ranged from 25 to 56, were allegedly found in possession of 46 grams of marijuana and 81 half-tablets of Mandrax around 19h00 in Plein Street.

The suspects were expected to appear before the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

In a similar incident, a 19-year-old male culprit was allegedly arrested for being in possession of six pieces of crack cocaine valued at N.dollars 600 after a police search in Narraville on Friday.

The suspect was apprehended around 21h00 in Sipper Street, NamPol reported.

He was set to appear before the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Mines and Energy Minister, Tom Alweendo, said that Namibia and other developing nations should retain the right to exploit fossil fuel resources, despite ongoing global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Alweendo said this during the Namibia-Korea Energy and Resource Business Forum held here on Monday, emphasising the importance of tapping into the substantial oil and gas reserves recently discovered offshore in the Orange River Basin.

“You’ll hear that recently we have discovered oil and gas. Although this discovery was made at a time when the energy transition discussion has reached its crescendo, we are still of the view that this is a resource that we need to exploit in such a way that it can improve our livelihood.”

“And when we say that, it is not because we are denying the fact that there is climate change. It is simply to say that the energy transition that has been talked about has to be an energy transition that is just. Just in the sense that countries that have resources such as fossil fuel should be allowed to use that resource.”

Despite acknowledging climate change concerns, Alweendo pointed out that developing countries like Namibia should not bear the sole responsibility for global warming.

“We need to transition, but especially in developing countries like ours, we always say our contribution to emissions is very minimal. Even if we were to make use of all those resources, it would not even account for one percent of the global emissions.”

Alweendo informed a South Korean business delegation that Namibia has embarked on a strategy to produce green hydrogen, stating that, “when that happens, we can also affirm that we have been contributing to the solutions to address climate change.”

Sanghoon Lee, President of the Korea Energy Agency, praised Namibia and South Korea for their unwavering commitment to energy development. He highlighted South Korea’s distinction as the first country in the world to establish a green hydrogen plant, while acknowledging Namibia’s leadership in the green hydrogen economy. He also mentioned Korea’s launch of its first large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia manufacturing pilot project last year.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency