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Namibia: Murdered Teacher's Relatives Feud Over Estate
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New Era (Windhoek)
15 May 2008
Posted to the web 15 May 2008
Anna Shilongo
Windhoek
The widower of the late schoolteacher, Wilhelmina Nangula Hamukwaya, brutally killed and robbed of her vehicle by a former security guard last year in March, has appealed to the High Court to intervene in his late wife's estate.
The grief-stricken man made the appeal after he was disinherited by his late wife's relatives who shared her estate but left him with the burden of looking after their children.
Desiderius Tshafa, who is a father of four sons, aged 4, 8, 14 and 19, is unhappy with the way his wife's estate was handled by her relatives who took everything.
Tshafa accused his sister-in-law, Sussan Johannes Haihambo, of enriching herself with his wife's money, while living him without a single cent, apart from the children.
He claimed that he never got a cent from his wife's estate.
"My wife had a life cover of more than N$300000, excluding other insurances, but my sister-in-law claimed all the money, without my knowledge," he said.
Tshafa accused Haihambo for claiming his wife's life cover policy of more than N$300000, N$75000 paid out for the accident as well as the N$15000 paid as funeral cover.
"I remember, after the funeral, she asked me for the insurance covers to take them along to Windhoek, but she promised to return them. She failed to do as promised," said the widower.
As a result, some time in September last year, Tshafa apparently went to Metropolitan Namibia offices to enquire whether his sister-in-law already claimed the money or not.
To his surprise, he was informed that the money was claimed in March, the very same month his wife passed away. The money was apparently claimed by the deceased's sister, Haihambo, except N$75000 which needed more documents before clearance.
"The only money I received from my wife was from the savings and the 32 days, but it was also difficult leave for me, as my sister-in-law approached the bank not to pay out even a cent from my wife's account," he added.
The widower also says he finds it difficult to get hold of the pension payout at GIPF.
When he went to inquire about the money, he was apparently told that a letter was sent through his sister-in-law's lawyer for the institution not to pay out the money.
Tshafa also fears that the sister-in-law will take away his children from him.
"These are my children, my own, they are the only family I have. I cannot afford to lose any of them," he stressed.
Approached for comment, Haihambo said she did not enrich herself with her late sister's money.
"If there is any truth, he can justify it. I am a beneficiary and if I got that money, it was through the right channels," she said.
She alleged that since her sister's death, her brother-in-law waged a 'war' against her.
"After the funeral, I decided to take my nephew who was with the mother during the incident to undergo counselling and treatment, as the child was not well. I paid a lot of money for the child's medication, out of my own pocket," explained the sister-in-law.
"I even went an extra mile in registering the child at the private school, together with my own," she claimed.
Haihambo accused Tshafa for taking his child without her knowledge.
"He even insulted me telling me that if I wanted to adopt a child, I should go to the streets where there are so many homeless children," she added.
Despite the war of words between Haihambo and her brother-in-law, she still took in her nephew who is currently studying at Tucson, she said.
"Why is he not telling you that he receives N$630 from GIPF every month for each child? Is that not the reason why he took the small child from me? Did he ever mention that? And where is he?" asked Haihambo.
She also admitted closing her sister's accounts, because of the murder that took place in broad daylight,
"I was afraid the accused will have access to my sister's money, since he went away with every thing.
"I love my nephews as they were my own, and I am still feeling the loss, since the death of my sister. We were only two and now I am all alone," said Haihambo.
She said money cannot buy or replace her sister, calling on the brother-in-law to stop tarnishing her name.
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Haihambo also expressed disappointment with some local media, which carried the story without approaching her to give her side of the story, despite being present at court when the appeal was made.
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