Combating of Rape Amendment Bill to be tabled in Parliament

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 10 SEP (NAMPA) – Justice Minister Sacky Shangala is set to table the 2018 Combating of Rape Amendment Bill for debate during the sixth session of Parliament, which resumed here on Tuesday.
This was revealed by the Deputy Executive Director in the Ministry of Justice, Gladice Pickering, in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, who said the bill comes at a time when the Namibian Police Force has recorded 26 rape cases involving minors in the country, between July and August this year.
She ...