Prominent Fiji-based businessman Zhao Fugang is a trusted advocate for China’s interests in the Pacific. But Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies suspect he plays another part: as a senior organized crime leader. Fugang has not been charged with any crime. From his perch at the hilltop Yue Lai Hotel, China-born entrepreneur Zhao Fugang enjoys...
Will he, or won’t he? That has long been the question asked of Moïse Katumbi (58). He is one of the most powerful people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – a man whose presidential ambitions were never in doubt. Yet numerous obstacles had blocked him in the past, including a jail sentence, death...
A Pharmacist appeared in the Lüderitz Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly assaulting his wife, Elizabeth Potgieter. Erasmus ‘Poenie’ van Zyl, who was arrested on Tuesday, is facing a charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. //Kharas acting regional police commander Godfried Kauhanda says Van Zyl was denied bail and his case has...
Northern businessman Josua Haimbodi has defended campaigning for Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at a funeral in northern Namibia on Sunday. He said those who are unhappy with his comments are supporters of opposition parties. Haimbodi said it is relevant to campaign at a funeral because death brings people together and mourners get the message....
Staff Reporter VERONICA Goagoses (54) and Cornelius Willemse (53) from the Ministry of Education have been released on bail, along with businessman Desmond Kays (56), after being arrested for tender corruption. Goagoses and Kays were granted bail of N$50 000 each, while Willemse was granted bail in the amount of N$25 000. The trio made...
The late Otjiwarongo businessman Theo Borstlap will be buried on the 23rd of this month in Otjiwarongo. His daughter, Bernice Borstlap, informed nbc News that family and friends will gather at Paresis Stadium on the same day before the burial.She advised mourners to bring chairs and umbrellas to avoid being in the sun for too...