Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been living like royalty since they arrived in Namibia in early April awaiting the imminent birth of their first child. With the police "acting like Brad and Angelina's personal bodyguards," according to a statement by the South African National Editors' Forum, South African photographer John Liebenberg was arrested for the second time in a week yesterday and charged with trespassing while trying to take pictures of Brangelina at the Tiger Reef Bar in Swakopmund.

The editors' organization condemned "the heavy-handed approach of the Namibian police." "The forum believes," they continued, "citizens have a right to privacy, however journalists also have a right to be able to do their jobs without unfair hindrance or intimidation."

Liebenberg's arrest last week, also for alleged trespassing, was dismissed in court on Monday, but not before he spent the weekend in jail.

Esmare Weideman, editor of the South African Huisgenoot and YOU magazines for which Liebenberg is working, said, "Our information is that he was on municipal land some way off from the restaurant. He was not on private property. We are baffled as to what charges they are going to bring against him this time."

Whatever it takes, it appears.

Pitt and Jolie, who flew to Namibia from Paris on April 3 with adoptive children Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 2, rented all 14 rooms and suites at the Burning Shores luxury resort, where the dunes spectacularly meets the sea on Long Beach, north of Walvis Bay. Their security erected a green shade-cloth barrier to shield the lodge's garden from view, and at night giant spotlights illuminate the beach and surrounding streets to discourage unwanted visitors.

In mid-April, security men "manhandled" two local female reporters and forced them to delete pictures from their digital cameras, and an Australian tabloid photographer, Ben McDonald, was pepper-sprayed and chased off by a Team Brangelina bodyguard as he photographed Pitt playing catch with adopted son Maddox in the lodge garden.

Namibian immigration officials are also in on the squeeze. A reporter was quizzed about his reasons for being in the country and whether he had a work permit. "People are doing illegal things with long lenses on the beach," the official said, adding that it was unlawful to "photograph couples."

And yet, the couple is apparently revered throughout the land - at least by half the people. The Namibian newspaper reported that 50 percent of Namibians voting in an informal radio survey believe the day actress Angelina Jolie gives birth — any day now — should be declared a national holiday, an honor typically reserved for kings, queens, and national heroes.