President Nangolo Mbumba has conveyed deep sadness over the death of struggle veteran Idah Jimmy-!Ha-Eiros, who died on Wednesday at the age of 78. President Mbumba visited the family home in Keetmanshoop today to console the family and extenda message of condolences to the mourners. Dr Mbumba expressed his shock at losing yet another comrade, barely...
A veteran of the Liberation Struggle, Ellen Musialela, has welcomed the government’s decision to host Namibia’s 34th Independence celebrations at Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. The region, at the time known as the Caprivi Strip, was an important gateway to freedom, with many freedom fighters and refugees crossing into neighbouring Zambia through the area. While...
Several northern governors have paid tribute to president Hage Geingob, following his death on Sunday morning. Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu says Geingob is among those leaders who have paved the way for Namibia’s independence, and who have mobilised the masses to fight for liberation. He says Geingob encouraged people to work hard. “President Hage Geingob...
Sunday, the fourth of February, will forever go down in the annals of history. This is the first time in Namibia that a sitting president has passed on. A day when Namibians’ unity was tested to the limit. Political analysts are united in their view that President Geingob and his generation were peerless in their...
The President H.E Dr Hage Geingob, expressed his profound sorrow over the passing of the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, who passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Geingob in a statement paid tribute to Ahtisaari, describing him as a close friend of the liberation struggle and a prominent peacemaker whose influence...
Stefanus Nashama Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) says their South African counterpart Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) response to Amushelelo’s incarceration is solidarity, the same as that of Swapo and the African National Congress (ANC) and other liberation movements in Africa. “With our struggle, it is just about economic emancipation, freedom and justice as Swapo and...
Namibian President Dr. Hage Geingob and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently met in New York during their attendance at the UN General Assembly. The two leaders used the opportunity to discuss the challenges faced by liberation movements and to call for the lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe, which had been imposed by the US and...