Justicia Shipena
Erongo Petroleum CC risks losing its assets through a public auction.
This follows a High Court order directing the company to pay more than N$86 000 owed to Seaside Hotel and Spa (Pty) Ltd.
The case stems from services provided between August 2022 and November 2024.
The hotel said it offered accommodation, spa treatments and restaurant services to company owner Austin Elindi at Erongo Petroleum’s request, but invoices and statements went unpaid.
A summons was served in July 2025, giving the fuel supplier ten days to respond.
Court records show no defence was filed.
On 15 August 2025, acting judge president of the High Court, Gervasius Ndauendapo, granted a default judgement ordering Erongo Petroleum to pay N$86 418.40 plus 20% annual interest backdated to 1 November 2024.
The court also awarded legal costs to the hotel.
Following the ruling, Seaside Hotel’s lawyers, Wylie Legal Practitioners, secured a writ of execution signed on 20 August 2025.
The writ authorises the Deputy Sheriff in Windhoek to attach and sell Erongo Petroleum’s movable assets.
The order directs the sheriff to seize property at the company’s offices located at Hamilton Chartered Accountants, 136 Jan Jonker Road, Windhoek.
If payment is not made, the seized goods will be auctioned publicly, with proceeds used to settle the debt.
A bill of costs hearing was scheduled for 3 September 2025 to determine the exact legal fees.
This ruling comes as Erongo Petroleum faces broader financial and legal troubles.
In July, the High Court placed the company under final liquidation after Namcor Petroleum Trading and Distribution (Pty) Ltd pressed for urgent relief. Namcor cited a ballooning debt of N$266.7 million dating back to November 2023, later reduced to N$260.7 million after calling up a N$6 million guarantee.
The court found that Erongo Petroleum’s liabilities far outweighed its assets and rejected claims that a pending investment deal with Pacific Creation Limited of Hong Kong could save the company.
Elindi, who owns Erongo Petroleum, is also facing corruption and fraud charges linked to Namcor.
He is accused of paying over N$2.36 million in bribes to former Namcor employees between July and December 2022.
He also faces a separate fraud case involving N$238.6 million, where he allegedly misrepresented payments for fuel supplies to Namcor between December 2022 and May 2023.
Elindi was arrested in early August, shortly after his father and uncle, Peter and Malakia Elindi, were detained on charges of defrauding Namcor of nearly N$400 million.
