I was provided with a copy of the complete affidavit for the first time on Friday afternoon, 15 January 2021, prepared by Mr Maren De Klerk in April 2020. It is very clear that the affidavit is factually and temporally (in terms of the timelines provided) incorrect. I have at all times offered my […]

UNTOLD STORY OF FISHROT PAYMASTER MAREN DE KLERK De Klerk says in May 2017/ June 2017, Shanghala called him asking for a meeting. Before Shanghala called him, Penderis has told De Klerk that both Shanghala and Hatuikulipi had asked him about which lawyer they would use and that he Penderis had suggested De Klerk. Here […]

 – FROM THE UNTOLD STORY OF FISHROT PAYMASTER MAREN DE KLERK On 9 August 2017, De Klerk says he received an email from Shanghala, and the letter is below: Dear Maren James and I have been mandated by the Swapo Party secretary-general to assist in restructuring the Ndilimani Cultural Troupe into a modern, sustainable, and […]

On 22 August 2017, Shanghala wrote to De Klerk instructing him to do the following: Release N$120 000 for the Ndilimani Cultural Troupe that was going to perform at the Swapo Party Youth League Congress at Katima. N$5 000 for S&T N$75 000 for staff members N$50 000 for logistics   Further payments 17 July 2017 Dinapama Manufacturing – […]

One worker at the Fame Stone Distributors Mine at Karibib died in a front loader accident on Monday morning. Erongo police say that the man who died, Alfeus Heingo, 57, was a passenger on the front loader that rolled down a hill. Heingo was certified dead on arrival at a Karibib medical facility. The driver […]

International relations minister Netumbo Nandi- Ndaitwa has said that if President-elect Joe Biden is to return the United States of America to the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organisation, it would be a breath of fresh air for Namibia. Biden is set to be inaugurated on the 20th of January 2021, taking over from […]

The AR Movement has warned SPYL secretary Ephraim Nekongo to take the issue of urban land as a serious matter. Nekongo had earlier released a statement accusing the AR Movement leaders of starting the land grab in Windhoek. In his statement, Nekongo also said that the Swapo Party had nothing to do with the Sunday […]

Much has been said about lawyer Maren de Klerk regarding his role in the fishrot scandal. There is, however, very little known about where he is and what has he been doing ever since he skipped the country early last year. To most people, De Klerk is a shadowy figure who comes to life in […]

The ministry of health has denied any wrong-doing in the matter in which a stillborn baby was allegedly returned to the mother for burial. A video circulating on social media alleges that the ministry handed over the stillborn baby in a box and instructed the parents to bury it themselves. The video caused an uproar […]

Shoprite has said that when they employed dozens of workers which ultimately replaced striking workers, they were never aware a strike was on the horizon. The company has revealed that African Personnel Services (APS) provided them with 20 workers after full-time employees voted for a nation-wide. The company went on to source another 270. The […]