{"id":50255,"date":"2023-07-31T17:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T17:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption"},"modified":"2023-07-31T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:05:00","slug":"swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption","title":{"rendered":"Swapo youth leader convicted of corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Swapo youth leader Sylas Tangi Mungoba has been convicted of corruption in connection with a bribery plot to mobilise an Affirmative Repositioning movement-led protest for the release of the Fishrot accused from custody.<\/p>\n<p>Mungoba was charged with a count of corruptly giving gratification under Section 34 (a) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 8 of 2003. The second count was ruled to be a duplication. He is due for sentencing on 17 October.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Mungoba referred questions to his lawyer, Petrus Elago, whose phone went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>The entangled case stemming from 2021 involves Mungoba allegedly trying to bribe erstwhile Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement head of elections Paulus \u2018Pau Pau\u2019 Kathanga.<\/p>\n<p>Kathanga has since parted ways with AR.<\/p>\n<p>Mungoba is accused of trying to entice Kathanga to mobilise and launch a protest against the Judiciary for the release of those currently in police custody for their alleged involvement in the multi-million-dollar fisheries bribery case currently before the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Mungoba denied approaching AR movement leaders Kathanga and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma to organise any sort of demonstration against the Judiciary, adding that he only approached them so that they coukld create awareness around the Fishrot issue through their social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated that the N$8 000 he allegedly offered Kathanga was from his business account, and not Fishrot money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea that giving money in that<\/p>\n<p>way is considered a bribe,\u201d said Mungoba during the early stages of his court appearances.<\/p>\n<p>In his client\u2019s defence, Elago said organising demonstrations was not illegal in the country.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the trial, Elago questioned how the exchange of money between two people to organise and conduct a demonstration amounts to bribery, stating that certain people within society are paid to promote brands or people on social media, and it is not unlawful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Swapo youth leader Sylas Tangi Mungoba has been convicted of corruption in connection with a bribery plot to mobilise an Affirmative Repositioning movement-led protest for the release of the Fishrot accused from custody. Mungoba was charged with a count of corruptly giving gratification under Section 34 (a) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-50255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swapo youth leader convicted of corruption - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Swapo youth leader Sylas Tangi Mungoba has been convicted of corruption in connection with a bribery plot to mobilise an ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swapo youth leader convicted of corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Swapo youth leader Sylas Tangi Mungoba has been convicted of corruption in connection with a bribery plot to mobilise an ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T17:53:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T18:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/sm_1690814057.619863.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Swapo youth leader convicted of corruption\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-31T17:53:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T18:05:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/sm_1690814057.619863.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/swapo-youth-leader-convicted-of-corruption\",\"name\":\"Swapo youth leader convicted of corruption - 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