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Namibia: Gender ministry condemns viral hookah pipe incident involving child – News

Namibia: Gender ministry condemns viral hookah pipe incident involving child – News

Africa Links 24 with Puyeipawa Nakashole
Published on 2025-06-24 19:02:46

Minister of gender equality and child welfare Emma Kantema-Gaomas has condemned an incident involving a man who allegedly forced a minor to smoke a hookah pipe.

The suspect, Doctor Mbeheva (28), allegedly unlawfully and intentionally encouraged the child to use a flavoured tobacco product at Otjomuise in Windhoek over the weekend.

He has since been arrested.

In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, Kantema said the ministry is treating the matter with “the utmost seriousness…

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