Mother held for dumping newborn

POLICE at Aussenkehr on Monday arrested the mother of a newborn baby boy after the infant was found abandoned outside the settlement, covered in sand.

Aussenkehr is located on the Orange River, about 300 kilometres south of Keetmanshoop. Naanda Haingura (27) apparently gave birth to the baby on Monday between 13h00 and 14h00, Deputy Commissioner Josephat Abel of the Karas Police told The Namibian yesterday.Police found the baby after responding to a tip-off from the public.The baby was admitted to the Karasburg State Hospital.Abel described his condition as stable.Haingura yesterday made a brief appearance in the Karasburg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder.She was not asked to plead and the case was postponed until November 30.Haingura was released on condition that she reports to the local Police station twice a week.Naanda Haingura (27) apparently gave birth to the baby on Monday between 13h00 and 14h00, Deputy Commissioner Josephat Abel of the Karas Police told The Namibian yesterday.Police found the baby after responding to a tip-off from the public.The baby was admitted to the Karasburg State Hospital.Abel described his condition as stable.Haingura yesterday made a brief appearance in the Karasburg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder.She was not asked to plead and the case was postponed until November 30.Haingura was released on condition that she reports to the local Police station twice a week.