Government to appeal against Fisheries director’s reinstatement

• By Hertta-Maria Amutenja

THE government is appealing against an order from the Labour Commissioner to reinstate former deputy director Anna Erastus who was sacked in July 2020.

Erastus was a deputy director in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and headed the directorate responsible for allocating fishing quotas.

In 2014, the Anti-Corruption Commission investigated Erastus over allegations that she had received about N$700 000 from Omualu Fishing Company.

Omualu Fishing is a horse mackerel company owned by Swakopmund-based lawyer Sacky Kadhila Amoomo.

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