The Fishrot Scandal - the full story
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The Fishrot Scandal - the full story
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FISHROT FAILURE ... Seven of the accused in the Fishrot fraud and corruption case on Tuesday failed with a High Court application to stop the prison authorities from moving five of them to a different section of Windhoek Correctional Facility, where they are being held in custody. Video: Werner Menges | The Namibian
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FISHROT FAILURE ... Seven of the accused in the Fishrot fraud and corruption case on Tuesday failed with a High Court application to stop the prison authorities from moving five of them to a different section of Windhoek Correctional Facility, where they are being held in custody. Video: Werner Menges | The Namibian
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FISHROT … The accused in the Fishrot case about the alleged fraudulent and corrupt use of Namibian fishing quotas arrive at the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Monday morning for the continuation of their trial before acting judge Marilize du Plessis. Video: Mitchelin Kangootui | The Namibian
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FISHROT … The accused in the Fishrot case about the alleged fraudulent and corrupt use of Namibian fishing quotas arrive at the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Monday morning for the continuation of their trial before acting judge Marilize du Plessis. Video: Mitchelin Kangootui | The Namibian
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JUST IN: Fishrot case postponed until February The Fishrot case was once again postponed in the High Court in Windhoek this morning – this time until 14 February. The reason for the postponement is the pending outcome of a petition filed at the Supreme Court regarding the chairing judge’s refusal of his recusal application. Ricardo Gustavo’s legal representative, Trevor Brockerhoff, filed the petition after their unsuccessful application that Judge Kobus Miller recuses himself from the case. It
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JUST IN: Fishrot case postponed until February The Fishrot case was once again postponed in the High Court in Windhoek this morning – this time until 14 February. The reason for the postponement is the pending outcome of a petition filed at the Supreme Court regarding the chairing judge’s refusal of his recusal application. Ricardo Gustavo’s legal representative, Trevor Brockerhoff, filed the petition after their unsuccessful application that Judge Kobus Miller recuses himself from the case. It
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FISHROT PRETRIAL ... Nine of the ten men charged in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case attended another pretrial hearing in the Windhoek High Court on Monday. One of the accused, former fisheries and marine resources minister Bernhard Esau, informed the court he has been left without legal representation, as he does not have money available to pay for lawyers' services. The case has been postponed to 20 September for another pretrial hearing. Read more in the next edition of Th
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FISHROT PRETRIAL ... Nine of the ten men charged in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case attended another pretrial hearing in the Windhoek High Court on Monday. One of the accused, former fisheries and marine resources minister Bernhard Esau, informed the court he has been left without legal representation, as he does not have money available to pay for lawyers' services. The case has been postponed to 20 September for another pretrial hearing. Read more in the next edition of Th
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FISHROT CASE POSTPONED ... The Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case was again postponed in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Thursday. Judge Claudia Claasen postponed the case to Tuesday next week because acting judge Moses Chinhengo, who is the trial judge, was not available. Video: Werner Menges | The Namibian
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FISHROT CASE POSTPONED ... The Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case was again postponed in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Thursday. Judge Claudia Claasen postponed the case to Tuesday next week because acting judge Moses Chinhengo, who is the trial judge, was not available. Video: Werner Menges | The Namibian
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The Fishrot 6 are to remain in custody pending their next court appearance on 23 April. Their case was postponed for further investigations when they made a short appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court today. Video: Terttu Newaka | The Namibian
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The Fishrot 6 are to remain in custody pending their next court appearance on 23 April. Their case was postponed for further investigations when they made a short appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court today. Video: Terttu Newaka | The Namibian
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FISHROT TRIAL | The Fishrot corruption trial may encounter another delay after defence lawyers requested a two-week postponement to address the issue of plea explanations and responses to the state's pre-trial memorandum. High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo said that the accused must be given an opportunity to explain their pleas and indicate whether they wish to respond to the pre-trial memorandum. The state, however, maintained that it is ready to proceed with trial and call its first witness wit
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By: Joseph Sheefeni A 7th individual is now behind bars after being implicated in the #Fishrot case. The suspect was denied bail in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Monday. The 31-year-old Nigel van Wyk seemed calm and collected as he was escorted to the dock to make his first appearance. He is facing two charges, the first of which is for obstructing the course of justice while the second is for being in possession of ammunition unlawfully. Watch Today on One on DStv 284, GOtv Namibia 90, DSt
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The matter in which the Fishrot accused are to enter pleas to 42 charges related to fraud, corruption, and racketeering, among others, could not continue before the Windhoek High Court on Wednesday. Two of the defence lawyers did not show up, which proved to be a hurdle for the continuation of the matter. Lawyer Florian Beukes has been booked off, while Mbanga Siyomunji is out of town. Former Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhardt Esau, represented by lawyer Florian Beukes, indicat
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Fishrot investigations nearly complete Eba Kandovazu A CHIEF investigator from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court said that investigations into the Namgomar case are almost complete and that the graft watchdog only needs another month to properly analyse documents it has recently received from Iceland and Norway. This emerged during a court appearance by the Fishrot accused, who include former Fisheries Minister Bernard Esau, former Justice Minister, Sa
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Fishrot @ 5 years. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) on Tuesday launched the second Fishrot Human Rights Impact Assessment report in Windhoek. During the launch of the report, IPPR director Graham Hopwood gave a brief background on how the Fishrot case came to public five years ago on 13 November 2019. He further stated that the aim of the report is not to look into the legal process of the Fishrot case, which is subjudice, but to look at the human rights impact of Fishrot. He furt
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WATCH: Ten Fishrot defendants appeared this morning in the Windhoek High Court before Judge Kobus Miller for pre-trial proceedings. The accused include Mike Nghipunya, Sacky Shanghala, Bernard Esau, James Hatuikulipi, Ricardo Gustavo, Tamson Hatuikulipi, Otneel Shuudifonya, Pius Mwatelulo, Phillipus Mwapopi and Nigel van Wyk. Miller adjourned the case until October 19. All the accused are still in custody except for Gustavo, whose bail application was granted last year. | Namibian Sun
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Fishrot accused Sacky Shanghala says that The Namibian newspaper editor Tangeni Amupadhi hates him. He added that the newspaper even funded a book on Fishrot, which Amupadhi, Roman Gryberg, and Shinovene Immanuel authored. Shanghala and seven others are trial awaiting suspects in the Fishrot case for embezzling millions of dollars. The suspects have been denied bail since their arrest. Shanghala shared this with Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha, who visited the Windhoek Correctional Facility last wee
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WATCH | The Fishrot suspects arrive at the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court for their scheduled appearance. Video: Emmency Nuukala | New Era Newspaper
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AIMING FOR BAIL ... Six of the men charged in the Fishrot fraud and corruption case, including ex-minister of justice Sacky Shanghala, his business partner James Hatuikulipi and former Fishcor CEO Mike Nghipunya, are in the Windhoek High Court for a bail hearing today. | The Namibian
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By: Joseph Sheefeni The #Fishrot six are set to spend much of the festive season behind bars after their lawyers failed to convince a high court judge to decide on setting aside their warrants of arrest. The judge noted that due to the circumstances of the case, judgement is set for the 27th of December 2019. Watch Today on One on DStv 284, GOtv Namibia 90, DstvNow App and tv2africa.com weekdays at 19h00. | OneAfrica
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Real estate spending spree | The spoils of Fishrot
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Fishrot: Icelandic journalists under under attack
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Fishrot arrests were a coup to overthrow Swapo government – Shanghala Staff Reporter SACKEUS Shanghala, the former Minister of Justice, argued that the arrest of up to 10 individuals in the “Fishrot case”, a few days prior to the 2019 general elections, was a failed coup that sought to overthrow the Swapo government. Shanghala made this argument before High Court judge Hannelie Prinsloo today, stating that Justice Moses Chinhengo’s appointment as a Namibian acting judge should be set aside, as h
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Court dismisses Fishrot cell move complaint Zorena Jantze THE Fishrot accused trial-awaiting inmates today suffered a blow after High Court Judge Boas Usiku struck their urgent application from the roll due to a lack of urgency. In the application, the accused challenged their relocation from the C-Section of the Windhoek Correctional Facility (WCF) to the Echo Unit, where all trial-awaiting inmates are kept. James Hatuikulipi, Mike Nghipunya, Otneel Shuudifonya, Pius Mwatelulo, and Ricardo Gust
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Court Update: Fishrot Case and Namibia's Critical Blood Supply
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Swartbooi demands release of Fishrot accused By: Envaalde Matheus LPM leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, is demanding the release of the Fishrot accused, accusing the state of holding them without evidence and dragging out their detention. During a media conference at LPM headquarters on Tuesday, Swartbooi questioned why Fishrot suspects remain behind bars, calling the trial a failure of Namibia’s justice system and an attack on the rule of law. Swartbooi said the government’s anti-corruption drive is
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Unveiling Namibia's Fishrot Scandal: New Book Exposes Corruption in Fisheries
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Fishrot Part Two
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Fishrot ‘Sharks' in Troubled Waters
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FISHROT Trial—21 August 2025
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#Fishrot briber denied bail
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The bail hearing of #Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo has been postponed to 25 November for closing arguments by High Court judge Herman Oosthuizen. This follows a damning testimony by the lead investigator in the case from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Commissioner Andreas Kanyangela, who objected to the granting of bail for Gustavo. | NBC Digital News
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Fishrot The Recusal Battle
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