Fishrot
ACC threatened to arrest me over Fishrot – Shaningwa
By Eliaser Ndeyanale | 28 October 2022
SWAPO secretary general Sophia Shaningwa claims the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) threatened to arrest her when they summoned her...
They want to kill me – De Klerk
By Shinovene Immanuel | 26 October 2022
FISHROT-accused lawyer Marén de Klerk says intelligence sources have tipped him off that people have been hired to...
Fishcor rejects Louw’s new N$12 billion fish deal proposal
By Shinovene Immanuel | 25 October 2022
THE National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) has rejected a proposal by businessman Adriaan Louw to compel the...
Esau’s Betrayal How a top unionist-turned-politician went from ‘Grootman’ to zero
By Tileni Mongudhi | 3 December 2021
TWENTY-TWO years ago, Bernhard Esau had a decision to make. Some in Swapo felt disillusioned, particularly with Sam Nujoma's...
Nghipunya linked to N$72m kickbacks
By Shinovene Immanuel | 24 November 2021
A DELOITTE investigation into the Fishrot corruption scandal has linked former National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) chief...
Fishrot Legal Kingpin
By Tileni Mongudhi | 12 November 2021
IN 1996 Sacky Shanghala was muscling his way into student politics at the University of Namibia (Unam).
He joined...
ACC investigates drought-relief rot
By Timo Shihepo | 15 April 2021
A FIRM owned by corruption-accused James Hatuikulipi and former minister of justice Sacky Shanghala allegedly scored N$3,1 million...
Fishrot stink follows Swapo
By Shinovene Immanuel | 6 April 2021
DOCUMENTS submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) show how former minister of justice Sacky Shanghala instructed a Fishrot...
Fishing with Dynamite: The Secret Scheme That Helped Namibia’s President Stay...
By Khadija Sharife (OCCRP), Mark Anderson (OCCRP), and The Namibian | 2 April 2021
A few days after Christmas in 2016, two men met in...
Aupindi’s friend in fishing ‘facilitation’ deal
By Shinovene Immanuel | 24 February 2021
BUSINESSMAN Olavi Hamutumwa's company was paid N$800 000 as a 'facilitation fee' to secure a fishing quota from...
Inside O&L’s farms-for-fish deal
By Shinovene Immanuel | 26 February 2021
WHEN one of Namibia’s wealthiest businessmen, the late Werner List, donated six of his farms to the Sam...
Aupindi linked to Fishrot payment
By Shinovene Immanuel | 19 February 2020
SWAPO member of parliament Tobie Aupindi is the latest ruling party politician to be linked to the Fishrot...
Cash buried at Hatuikulipi partner’s farm
By Sonja Smith and Shinovene Immanuel | 5 February 2021
WORKERS at a farm owned by businessman David ‘Dawie’ Moller reaped an unusual harvest towards...
Dutch seafood giant linked to Fishrot
By Parcival Weijnen and Bram Logger | 4 November 2020
THE modest office building in Valkenburg, a small town in the Dutch municipality of Katwijk,...
Questions & Answers: Adriaan (AJ) Louw
By Shinovene Immanuel | 15 October 2020
Fishing businessman Adriaan Louw had an interview with The Namibian’s Shinovene Immanuel last week on wide-ranging issues such...
Fishcor partner rejects divorce
By Shinovene Immanuel | 15 October 2020
BUSINESSMAN Adriaan (‘AJ’) Louw says he rejected the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia’s proposal to terminate a partnership...
Samherji paid Nghipondoka entities N$21m
By Shinovene Immanuel and Victoria Wolf | 11 September 2020
BRIBERY accused Icelandic seafood company Samherji paid politically connected businessman Vaino Nghipondoka’s entities around N$21...
Fishcor paid Esau’s adviser
By Eliaser Ndeyanale | 1 September 2020
THE state-owned National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) paid former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau’s technical adviser Stephen Mbithi...