Minister of mines and energy Tom Alweendo won a High Court case on Friday in which he challenged a decision by an arbitration tribunal that forced the government to renew Nuska Technologies’ five-year N$200-million contract to valuate diamonds for Namibia Desert Diamonds (Namdia).
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The judge to whom the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud, corruption and racketeering case has been assigned wants the matter to proceed to trial in the first week of December.
The men charged in connection with the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud, corruption and racketeering scandal do not have access to suitable facilities in prison to properly prepare for their trial, a defence lawyer said in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Friday.