Court orders Austin Elindi to settle N$86 000 hotel and spa bill

Austin Elindi, the owner of Erongo Petroleum who is now in custody over the Namcor-Enercon scandal, lived lavishly at the August 26-owned Seaside Hotel & Spa, where he received 91 luxury treatments between September 2023 and 17 July 2024, according to court records.An eight-page invoice, submitted as an Annexure to the court on 7 July, outlined the full scale of his daily indulgences.The documents, seen by Namibian Sun, show Elindi enjoyed Hollywood underarm waxing, full leg waxing, cocooning body treatments, aroma backache and shoulder massages and was invoiced for eyebrow shaping and tinting procedures.According to the documents, some treatments were booked two or three times a day.The invoice also shows that Elindi stayed at the hotel 28 times, paying about N$7 700 a day between 5 and 22 September 2023 alone.However, Elindi, who charged the expenses to Erongo Petroleum’s account, did not settle the full bill, prompting the hotel to approach the Windhoek High Court to recover a total of N$86 418.40 in unpaid costs for accommodation, spa treatments and restaurant services.One payment received The High Court has since granted default judgment in favour of the hotel against Erongo Petroleum CC for failing to settle invoices.Seaside Hotel & Spa's lawyer, Elzanne Wylie, told the court that despite repeated submissions of invoices and account statements, including an account totalling N$56 082.40 and additional invoices amounting to N$30 336.00, Erongo Petroleum allegedly made only a single payment of N$10 000 in June this year. “Repeated demands for payment went ignored, hence the hotel sought the intervention of the High Court to recover the outstanding debt,” Wylie said in her filing.The judgment, issued last month, orders Elindi to pay the full amount owed, plus interest at a rate of 20% per annum calculated from 1 November 2024 until the date of final payment, as well as the costs of the suit. With the ruling handed down, the matter is now regarded as finalised by the court.Following the judgment, the deputy sheriff has been directed to attach and auction Erongo Petroleum’s movable property located at Hamilton Chartered Accountants in Windhoek to recover the outstanding debt.The warrant authorises the deputy sheriff to recover the sum due through public auction, including all associated costs, and to pay the proceeds to the hotel or its legal practitioners.rita@nmh-hub.com.na

Court orders Austin Elindi to settle N$86 000 hotel and spa bill

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Namibian Sun 2026-01-30

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Court orders Austin Elindi to settle N$86 000 hotel and spa bill

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