Namibia: ‘Real Men Do Cry’ …Suicide Among Men Over 80 Percent

Last weekend, a family in Oshipeto village in Omusati had to deal with a double blow after a 31-year-old man took his own life a day before the scheduled burial of his deceased brother.

The suicide victim, who was a resident of Okandjengedi section of Oshakati, informed neighbours at his rented lodgings that he was travelling to his village of Oshipeto for his brother’s funeral.

But unbeknownst to them, he was carrying a much heavier burden – one which would lead him to end his own life afore he…