May 19, 2025

22 minutes

Available for over a year

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains references to violence against children, which some listeners may find distressing.

Three young girls - Ingrid Maasdorp, Rosvind Fabian and Beyoncé Kharuxas - were found dead in the Namibian town of Okahandja within weeks of each other.

Their deaths, though separate, shared chilling similarities and sparked a wave of grief, protests and urgent calls for justice.

What do these tragedies reveal about gender-based violence in Namibia? How are families and communities confronting their grief and demanding change?

BBC Africa Daily’s Alan Kasujja spoke to grieving grandmother Dollie Maasdorp, Windhoek-based journalist Frauke Jensen and former teacher and activist Jané Lowesi, who helped lead one of the first protests.