09 july namb times e-edition

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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6867 TUESDAY 9 JULY 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Walvis Bay resident murdered in his children’s home during visit Floris Steenkamp A 94-year-old Walvis Bay resident was murdered in his children's house at Okahandja on Wednesday. Mr Simon Ihulu, also known by the nickname “2Bob”, went to visit his children when he was murdered by intruders during a burglary. The late Mr Ihulu's son-in-law yesterday confir- According to his son-in-law the thugs ran-sacked med the incident and explained he and his wife the house mainly to get their hands on cash. That went to work on the morning of 3 July. The “old included cash from the helpless elderly man's man” as they fondly referred to him was visiting trouser pockets. Apart from cash, Ihulu's them from Walvis Bay and he stayed alone at daughter-in-law's perfumes were stolen. home for the day. Namib Times was informed the Namibian Police Sometime later people broke open a garage on at Okahandja is following up every lead possible. the premises. The thugs pretended to be work- Several people had already been questioned over ing in the garage and used it as a disguised op- the incident, but no one could be linked to the portunity to break open the house. crime yet. They found Mr Ihulu in the house and tied his Meanwhile, Kuisebmond's closely knit commuhands behind his back. nity expressed their anger and shock at the murThey then stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth der. Ihulu was a well-respected member of the and tied another cloth around his head. Mr Ihulu Walvis Bay community and no person deserve his suffocated as a result. or her life being ended in such a horrible way.

Gambling jackpot leads to stabbing and shooting Isaac Chikosi Gambling is dangerous in more than one way. A man was shot several times in Henties Bay over the weekend during an argument over gambling jackpot winnings. Twenty-two-year old Petrus Fillipus (22) ended It is believed the sequence of the incident was as up being evacuated to Windhoek for medical follows: the argument ensured over the jackpot treatment after he was shot three times in a Hen- winnings. It then culminated into the one man ties Bay bar/casino by a man identified as 29- being stabbed with the bottle and then the year old Simon Fillipus (ironically the victim shooting in retaliation. and perpetrator share the same surname but is In the meantime, the Unit Commander of the not related). Namibian Police for Community Affairs, warThe Namibian Polices Regional Crimes Inves- rant officer Ileni Shapumba expressed his grave tigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner concern over violent crimes committed at drinkErastus Iikuyu, confirmed the incident. Simon ing places across the region. This incident at HenFillipus was arrested and now faces several cri- ties Bay follows on the heels of a deadly shooting minal charges including that of attempted mur- at a shebeen in Walvis Bay recently, similar incider and discharging a firearm in a municipal dents of violence at Usakos and also the incident area. where a man's ear was bitten off at a popular club The victim Petrus Fillipus also faces possible at Swakopmund following a bar brawl. criminal prosecution once discharged from hos- “We continue to conduct educational meetings, pital. A third party laid charges against him alle- conduct searches at these places but somewhere ging he (Petrus Fillipus) stabbed him in the somehow, something appears not right. head with a broken bottle. Continues on page 2

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E-RED opens Omaruru Office

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Company responds after bus crash The late Mr Ihulu Page 4

Supplementary Voters Registration commenced...... The countrywide supplementary voters registration process by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has commenced yesterday. All prospective voters who are not in possession of a voters card are urged to register. The registration process ends on 27 July so hurry up. If you have the voters card as depicted in the pictures on page 2 then you don’t have to register again. It is only where the prospective voter does not have a card that he or she needs to register. Some people only became of the age of eighteen now and needs to register. Others lost their voters cards or moved from one Region to another Region and also then need to apply for a new, updated card. Find in today’s edition of Namib Times a supplement to indicate all registration points countrywide, including the coastal region.

Three container ships

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LWB sports day

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