Former Namibian fisheries minister caught up in graft scandal
Namibia Investec MD resigns after the arrest of Bernhard Esau and a former client manager following kickback allegations
24 November 2019 - 22:35
Windhoek — Namibia's former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau was released on Sunday after a high court judge declared that the warrant for his arrest a day earlier on corruption charges was invalid.
Esau was arrested along with a former client manager from Investec Asset Management, Ricardo Gustavo, after allegations they were involved in a scheme to award fishing licences to an Icelandic firm in return for kickbacks...
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