Oshana Police Launch Festive Season Operation to Combat Crime and Accidents

Oshana Police Launch Festive Season Operation to Combat Crime and Accidents

Oshana Regional Police Commander Naftal Lungameni Sakaria highlighted a rise in accidents for the 2023/2024 financial year compared to the previous year during the launch of Operation Festive Season 2024-2025 at Oshiko. The initiative aims to strengthen crime prevention and traffic law enforcement during the festive period. Sakaria urged police officers to intensify efforts to curb crime and encouraged public cooperation in reporting suspicious activities. Here's our correspondent Maria Namupala: […]

December 17, 2024 9

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Namibia

MVA Fund records youth account for 55% of road accident injuries

The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund has revealed that young people aged 18 to 35 were disproportionately affected by motor vehicle accidents, constituting 55% of total injuries recorded during the first nine months of 2024. MVA Fund CEO, Rosalia Martins-Hausiku, in a media release issued Wednesday, said that the youth further accounted for 50% of total fatalities recorded during the same period. Martins-Hausiku said that 1,888 young people were injured in […]

September 12, 2024 47 2

Oshiwambo

MVA fund tayandje ekumaido koshiwana shishinge noukeka.

Omunambelewa omukulunhu elilepo ehangano linasha nomayambidido oiponga yomeendjila (MVA) Rosalia Martins-Hausiku, okwa pula ovashingi voitukutuku va shinge vena oshinakuwanifwa. Eingido la Martins Hausiku, oleya konima eshi kwalopotwa oshiponga shobus yo intercape nokabus koka Iveco, oyo yelidenga mumwe omutwe nomutwe efimbo leevili dongula yakula etivali lo 6 August 2024 mondjila yopokati ka tavi-Otjiwarongo noku twaalelifa eemwenyo dovanhu veli 2, omanga vamwe vafiwa vaehamekwa. Momukanda oo watuminwa oikundaneki okudja ko MVA, owati […]

August 7, 2024 27

Namibia

Road accident deaths decrease by 30% in 4 years

Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, has announced that the number of traffic fatalities decreased by 30% between 2019 and 2023. Mutorwa, during the ninth annual Road Traffic Safety Conference in Ongwediva last week said that the number of traffic fatalities declined from 609 in 2019 to 423 in 2023. He pointed out that the number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants decreased by 59%, from 250.5 in 2019 […]

July 15, 2024 29