Shikwaya Denied Bail in Prosecutor Murder Case | Namibia News

Namibia News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 3, 2026 · 1m

A chilling courtroom drama unfolds in Ondangwa as Petrus Shikwaya, accused of funding the acid attack that killed prosecutor Justine Shiweda, faces denied bail amid a web of murder, fraud, and revenge. Shikwaya allegedly defrauded Sanlam Namibia of $154,000 by faking a hospital stay—claiming it was his uncle Abner Mateus’s money—but investigators point to Mateus as the real mastermind behind Shiweda’s killing, allegedly ordered because she wouldn’t grant him bail in a separate fraud case. With the court rejecting Shikwaya’s release, the case spirals deeper into accusations of arson…