{"id":16858,"date":"2022-04-13T16:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:23:54","slug":"minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide","title":{"rendered":"Minister speaks on bodyguard\u2019s murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Loide Jason<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gender minister Doreen Sioka has expressed shock over the murder-suicide incident involving her personal driver and bodyguard. Last week, authorities in Khomas reported a 58-year-old police officer Elia Sheetekela fatally shot his girlfriend Asteria Shikalepo before taking his life.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, the incident occurred last Thursday evening, following a quarrel between the couple. Sheetekela, who held the rank of warrant officer, was attached to the VVIP protection directorate, and served as bodyguard and driver to Sioka.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said her ministry condemned the killing and stands in solidarity with Namibian women and men, including young people, who have taken a position against violence against the vulnerable in society.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said murder-suicide should never be a solution. \u201cIt jeopardises family structures; children suffer emotional harm as they witness their mothers or sisters being beaten or killed, leaving them to manage households, which is difficult. This leads to increased poverty and negative social consequences,\u201d she said. Sioka also encouraged men to discuss any issues that may be affecting them and seek amicable solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI furthermore encourage all Namibians to do their part to challenge gender stereotypes \u2013 harmful beliefs and traditional practices that perpetuate gender-based violence and discrimination against women and girls as well as to work toward a society free of all forms of violence. Silence, self-pity or isolation are dangerous traits and can lead to depression and unimaginable acts of violence, including self-harm,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the ministry has implemented several tools aimed at raising awareness, preventing and responding to gender-based violence to change behaviour, but there is a need for collaborative and long-term interventions \u2013 not only from the government but also from individuals and communities at large.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Loide Jason Gender minister Doreen Sioka has expressed shock over the murder-suicide incident involving her personal driver and bodyguard. Last week, authorities in Khomas reported a 58-year-old police officer Elia Sheetekela fatally shot his girlfriend Asteria Shikalepo before taking his life. According to the police, the incident occurred last Thursday evening, following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-16858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minister speaks on bodyguard\u2019s murder-suicide - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Loide Jason Gender minister Doreen Sioka has expressed shock over the murder-suicide incident involving her pers ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister speaks on bodyguard\u2019s murder-suicide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Loide Jason Gender minister Doreen Sioka has expressed shock over the murder-suicide incident involving her pers ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-13T16:14:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-13T16:23:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_2-6256f907388c3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Minister speaks on bodyguard\u2019s murder-suicide\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-13T16:14:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-13T16:23:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/04\/postQueueImg_2-6256f907388c3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/minister-speaks-on-bodyguards-murder-suicide\",\"name\":\"Minister speaks on bodyguard\u2019s murder-suicide - 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