employee Ricardo Gustavo

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The suspects in Namibia’s biggest fishing corruption scandal, notoriously known as Fishrot, will finally go to trial in October 2023, three years after their arrest in 2019. The announcement was made today at a pre-trial conference in the Windhoek high court. Judge Kobus Miller is presiding. The suspects are former Justice Minister Sakeus Shanghala, former Investec Asset Management Managing Director James Hatuikulipi, employee Ricardo Gustavo, former Fisheries Minister Bernard Esau, his son-in-law and James’s cousin Tamson Hatuikulipi, their cousin Pius Mwatelula, former Fishcor Chief Executive Officer Mike Nghipunya, a former Deputy Director in the Otjozondjupa regional Council Otniel…