Windhoek: Three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged corruption scandal involving the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) were each granted bail of N.dollars 50,000 on Friday. Heidi Boois, 49, Martha Antindi, 56, who is Victor Malima’s mother, and Johanna Mundjego, 33, his aunt, were granted bail by magistrate Olga Muharukua, after the State indicated that they were no longer objecting to the granting of bail.
According to Namibia Press Agency, Antindi and Mundjego allegedly received millions of dollars linked to Namcor and channeled through a network of companies. Boois, a former Bank Windhoek employee, faces five corruption charges. She is alleged to have received identity documents from Malima without the owner’s consent to open a business account while employed as a sales manager at the bank. It is further alleged that Boois entered into a deal with Malima to open another business account, which saw payments to Cornelius Willemse totaling N.dollars 3,360,000 and Panduleni Hamukwaya, who have both been arrested in the matter.
Other suspects arrested in the matter are former Namcor Managing Director Immanuel Mulunga, Mirjam Hamukwaya, Leo Nandago, Peter Elindi, Malakia Elindi, and Elina Elindi. Malima reportedly fled to Angola after it emerged that he was a wanted suspect in the matter last year. The State alleges that Boois ought to have reasonably known that the money received in the accounts formed part of the process of unlawful activities, and as such, she committed the offense of money laundering.
It is further alleged that she forged someone’s signature to open accounts and as such, defrauded the bank and committed forgery. The State alleges that funds paid by NamCor Petroleum Trading and Distribution to Enercon Namibia were routed through companies linked to Eco Trading and Eco Fuel before reaching Antindi and Mundjego.
The State is charging that Antindi received about N.dollars 1.5 million between July 2022 and November 2023. It is further alleged that she co-owned Eco Fuel Investment with Malima, holding a 50 percent share, and faces a separate theft charge involving N.dollars 172,000 originating from NamCor. Mundjego, who is alleged to have been Malima’s personal secretary, is accused of receiving a similar amount of approximately N.dollars 1.5 million during the same period. The State further alleges that an additional N.dollars 227,000 was transferred to her through the same channels.