Namibia: A Mother’s Grief – My Son Killed His Wife

As part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, I share a painful story that has haunted me every day since that one fateful Saturday morning.

I cannot begin to express the sorrow and regret that I feel.

On that day, my husband and I received a phone call at 04h00 from the police.

They told us they had been called to our son’s house and had bad news: Our son shot and killed his wife and then shot himself in front of their two young children – an 11-year-old son and a five-year-old…