The Founding President, throughout his lifetime, was showered with gifts and, as per the English term, given his flowers whilst he was alive. In 2012, northern-based businessman Fabianus Paulus, well known as Mavinga, heeded the call of then-Omusati regional governor Sophia Shaningwa to construct a road from the Oshakati-Okahao main road to the Founding President’s […]

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education Natalia |Goagoses says, that before apartheid came to Namibia, Namibians lived together as Africans, guided by the spirit of “Ubuntu” an ancient African phrase meaning ‘humanity unto others’. |Goagoses said this at Emma Hoogenhout Primary School, which held a memorial service today in honour of Namibia’s late Founding President. […]

Justice Tjiumbu Muinjo, who led the recent group of returnees from Botswana has likened the late Founding President Sam Nujoma to a genius with natural powers like those of Hosea Kutako.  Muinjo said this during an an interview with MICT in Gam in the Otjozondjupa Region in remembrance of the late Nujoma. “Sam Nujoma was […]

Mourners in the Omaheke Region described the late Dr. Sam Nujoma as a man of action who possessed unique leadership abilities and always paid attention to the cries of the people, upon which he acted promptly. Speaking at the regional memorial service of the Founding President at the entrance of the Trans Kalahari Border Post […]

A number of mourners gathered at the Nkurenkuru Expo Hall in Nkurenkuru Kavango West to pay their last respects to the late founding President, Sam Nujoma. The Nkurenkuru Expo Hall was filled with regional leadership, representatives from the various traditional authorities, veterans of the liberation struggle, former plan combatants and the general public.  It was […]

Erastus Uutoni, the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, described the late Founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma’s legacy as a beacon of hope for the current and future generations of the country and beyond. The memorial held at the Katima Mulilo Sports Complex on Sunday, saw thousands of residents from the town and around the […]

Dr. Sam Nujoma was remembered at Walvis Bay, as a patient strategist who liberated the harbour town from decades of colonialism and looting. Liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila delivered a historical tribute to the Founding President during the memorial service at Walvis Bay. He said it was not easy for Nujoma to stand up against […]

Erongo residents convened in numbers at Walvis Bay to pay their last respects to the late Founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma. Hundreds of mourners from the Erongo and Kunene regions flocked to the Kuisebmond stadium where the memorial service took place. Many others who could not make it participated in the sombre event, standing along […]

Many makeshift homes near riverbeds were damaged or destroyed this rainy season, which has been marked by flash floods, forcing residents to relocate from flood-prone areas.  Despite this, some individuals choose to remain in these high-risk zones, living under the constant threat of flooding. One such resident is Elvis Garoeb, who has lived in a […]

Members of the hearing-impaired community in Zambia expressed their sorrow over the passing of Dr. Sam Nujoma, the Founding President and Father of the Namibian Nation. Pastor Yohannes Gateneh of the Deaf Bible Baptist Church emphasized that the deaf community shares in this sadness. The Deaf Bible Baptist Church is one of over 25 congregations […]