{"id":83977,"date":"2025-02-12T18:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:55:20","slug":"police-promises-namdia-heist-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update","title":{"rendered":"Police promises Namdia heist update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases.<\/p>\n<p>This includes those involving missing persons and the Namibia Desert Diamond (Namdia) heist.<\/p>\n<p>Shikongo\u2019s remarks came almost two weeks, following deafening silence from both Namdia and the police regarding the robbery in which precious gems, valued at over N$280 million, were allegedly stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to this publication exclusively last week, he acknowledged that the public has been yearning for updates, particularly on protracted and unresolved cases.<\/p>\n<p>He specifically pointed to the Namdia robbery that occurred last month at its offices in Klein Windhoek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also provide updates on the case of Mandela Nakale, a boy who went missing in Lu\u0308deritz in December 2020,\u201d Shikongo said. Nakale went missing when he was three years old.<\/p>\n<p>Shikongo stressed the importance of updating the public on several unsolved murders, including that of six-year-old Oswyn Myne, whose mutilated body was discovered at a sewage dam in Karibib in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He also referred to the murder of Magdalena Stoffels, who was raped and killed in a riverbed in Windhoek while on her way to school in 2010 when she was 17 years old. Additionally, Shikongo pointed to the murder of Avihe Ujaha, whose body was cut up and scattered in Katutura in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He said the police will provide updates on this case.<\/p>\n<p>Shikongo stressed that it is important for the public to be updated on these unsolved cases, so that they are aware of the police\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the case happened, it was widely known by the public, so people should be informed about what the police are doing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the public to continue collaborating with the police by sharing information about crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important for the community to unite with the police to fight against crime. It makes the work of the police easier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that people should report crimes in a timely manner, especially in cases involving rape victims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes those involving missing persons and the Namibia Desert Diamond (Namdia) heist. Shikongo\u2019s remarks came almost two weeks, following deafening silence from both Namdia and the police regarding the robbery in which precious gems, valued at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-83977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","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>Police promises Namdia heist update - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes t ...\" \/>\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\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police promises Namdia heist update\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\" \/>\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=\"2025-02-12T18:36:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-11T13:55:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police promises Namdia heist update\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-12T18:36:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-11T13:55:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\",\"name\":\"Police promises Namdia heist update - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-12T18:36:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-11T13:55:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes t ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":486,\"caption\":\"Police promises Namdia heist update\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police promises Namdia heist update\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police promises Namdia heist update - Namibia","description":"Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes t ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police promises Namdia heist update","og_description":"Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes t ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-02-12T18:36:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-11T13:55:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Police promises Namdia heist update","datePublished":"2025-02-12T18:36:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-11T13:55:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update"},"wordCount":346,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg","keywords":["namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update","name":"Police promises Namdia heist update - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-12T18:36:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-11T13:55:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Police supremo Joseph Shikongo said the police will soon provide updates on several high-profile cases. This includes t ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2025\/02\/sm_1739372855.406751.jpg","width":720,"height":486,"caption":"Police promises Namdia heist update"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/police-promises-namdia-heist-update#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police promises Namdia heist update"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}