Conrad Angula

Gender: Male
Print Journalist

The former president of the Namibian Football Association, Immanuel Namaseb, twice visited the home of Angula, a reporter for the Namibian newspaper, and allegedly threatened to commit “grievous bodily harm” against him because of a story he had written for the newspaper. Angula was not home on either occasion; Namaseb relayed the threats through Angula’s wife and brother-in-law. On the second visit, on February 21, Namaseb allegedly produced a gun. Angula told CPJ that the threats were in connection with articles he had written for the Namibian alleging that Namaseb had embezzled money from the association. Angula subsequently pressed assault charges against Namaseb. He told CPJ that the police had tried to persuade him to drop the charges.

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