Namibia: Police Too Victimises the Oppressed

27 February 2015
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Last Friday evening I accompanied a friend to a police station in Windhoek to have her documents certified. And, as you know, it was pay day for police officers and teachers. Pay day or pay weekend means drinking and having parties for many and as you can imagine the streets of some parts of Katutura were a hive of activity.

Well, we arrived at the police station and it was obviously busy. As protocol dictates we each had to patiently wait until those who arrived before us were assisted. As we impatiently waited for our turn to be assisted, I listened in to a conversation between a woman who wanted to open a case of abuse and theft of property and a police officer.

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