Two women arrested over the weekend in connection with alleged fraud and corruption linked to the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) made a first appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Martha Antiindi (56) and Johanna Mundjego (33) are being kept in custody following their court appearance before magistrate Olga Muharukua.
They have to make a next court appearance on 20 February, when a date for the hearing of a bail application will be decided.
Antiindi and Mundjego are both charged with three counts.
The charges are counts of dealing with, using, holding, receiving or concealing gratification in relation to an offence, money laundering and theft.
The charges against Antiindi, the mother of Victor Malima, who is wanted in connection with the Namcor case, involve amounts of N$1.5 million and N$172 000.
Amounts of N$1.5 million and N$227 000 are involved in the charges against Mundjego.
Defence lawyer Silas-Kishi Shakumu is representing Antiindi and Mundjego.
Public prosecutor Menencia Hinda represented the state.
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