Former Fisheries Minister Bernhardt Esau Gains Access to Frozen Assets for Legal Fees

Former Fisheries Minister, Bernhardt Esau has won a High Court ruling allowing access to his frozen assets for legal fees. Judge Beatrix de Jager ruled that Esau can access over 1.2 million for current legal expenses and close to 2.1 million for future expenses, after tax. Esau, arrested in November 2019 with several others for allegedly receiving bribes from Icelandic company Samherji, will have the funds transferred to his legal practitioners, Metcalfe Beukes Attorneys.

19 February, 2026

Namibia

Analab expands workforce with inauguration of new laboratory

By: Selma Taapopi Analytical Laboratory Services has expanded its operations and now employs approximately 34 staff members, about 60 percent of whom are young people, marking significant growth from the four staff employed when it was established in 1997. The increase in staff follows the inauguration of a new laboratory in Windhoek on Wednesday, which will complement […]

19 February, 2026