… accused of locking up two minor children for three days
The police yesterday was scheduled to have a meeting to resolve a case in which a Windhoek family is alleging that their two minor children aged 14 and 16 were locked up in a house for three days by a landlord allegedly claiming to be related to the founding president, Sam Nujoma.
However, the family is being accused by their ex-landlord, Israel Nangolo, of having failed to owner payments for their rates and water bills.
The incident happened in Khomasdal, 4480 Dodge Avenue.
The 16-year-old girl, whose name has been provided to Eagle FM, was said to be sick when the incident happened.
The case is currently being handled by the Workers Advice Centre.
But Karl Bizuidenhoud, the father of the family has also reached out to the police to come to his rescue. ,
Speaking to Eagle FM yesterday, said the police have not been of any help to his family.
He has accused his now ex-landlord, Nangolo, of exercising influence on the police as well harassing his wife who works at Telecom, demanding payments.
This is contained in a statement written by Bizuidenhoud and seen by Eagle FM.
“The police did not help me until now and that guy still has my things. All I want is justice. They did not want to take my case. That guy locked my kids inside the house for three days without water. My daughter was very sick and she is still sick.
“Yes, he says he is related to the founding President and that no one can touch him. The police are working with him, that side of Katutura Police Station. He demanded money from my wife at the work-place.”
He is rude to women, he is rude to children, he insulted my son and threw him against the wall. I tried four times to make a case with the Katutura police. They refused to assist us and to free my two children,” he narrated.
However, Nangolo has said that Bizuidenhoud, who is a security guard, has failed to pay his water bills and that his wife walked away from him when he confronted her about the bills.
Nangolo has rejected that he is related to the founding President, that he is exercising influence on the police, saying that the family was rude to the officers instead.
He is being accused of coming with seven armed police officers to “demand rent”, and has admitted to putting a pad-lock on the gate, denying that he locked the house itself down.
“The door of the house was not locked. That man jumped the fence and slept in the house. When the children where in the house, I called the police, we went there, I opened the gate and excused them from the house and locked it. They are making false allegations that the child is sick, that child is not sick. When I came and opened the door, they went to sleep next door,” he said.
Nangolo has slammed the Workers’ Advice Centre which is handling the case, accusing its consultant, Hewart Beukes, of being an anti-government racist.
“My name is Israel Nangolo. How am I connected to the founding President? Mr Beukes is a racist, to tell you the truth. I have been living there since 1996. He called me insulting me; I don’t know if you know him also. He is against the Oshiwambo people or the Swapo party.”
But Beukes has said the police must not have been involved in the first place since this is a civil matter.
“There are numerous people that are put out of houses by the police because of the so-called rent dispute. This is completely unacceptable. This is the rule of the jungle that is taking place.
“The Workers Advice Centre is going to take this to every organisation of the working people in this country. We will submit this to human rights organisations. We will take every action possible because we fought for this country not for this to happen,” he said.
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