Namibia, Sam Nujoma and South Africa

Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders and foreign dignitaries.
Namibia lays founding president Sam Nujoma to rest
Thousands of Namibians gathered on the outskirts of the capital Windhoek on Saturday to bid farewell to the country’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who died last month in a private hospital at the age of 95.
African leaders gather for funeral of Namibia's 'founding father' Sam Nujoma
African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa's racist white minority government.
Namibia Bids Farewell to Founding President Sam Nujoma
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president, was laid to rest on March 1, 2025, at the Heroes Acre in Windhoek after passing away in February at the age of 95. Thousands gathered, including southern African leaders,
Namibia's 'founding father' Sam Nujoma honoured in state funeral
He was laid to rest at Heroes Acre on Saturday in a ceremony attended by his family and African leaders past and present.
Namibia bids farewell to founding father Nujoma
Sam Nujoma, Namibia's independence leader, has been buried in a state funeral. Thousands of Namibians have already paid homage to the widely revered former president in almost a month of official mourning.
Namibia’s Sam Nujoma laid to rest
WINDHOEK: IN a solemn and deeply emotional ceremony, Namibia yesterday laid to rest its Founding President and
Nambia's Founding Leader Sam Nujoma Laid to Rest in a Military Funeral
Namibia's founding president, Sam Nujoma, was laid to rest today in a state funeral that drew dignitaries and mourners from across Africa.Nujoma, who led Namibia to independence and served as its president from 1990 to 2005,
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The Hosea Kutako International Airport, where President Mnangagwa landed, is the same airport that was previously known as JG Strydom Airport, where Dr Nujoma famously kissed the ground on September 14, 1989 as he returned to an almost independent Namibia to a hero’s welcome, effectively ending his 30-year forced exile.
Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma laid to rest after state funeral
Sam Nujoma, the founding father of Namibia, was laid to rest in the Heroes Acre cemetery.According to Associated Press, Namibia’s founding father who died on February 9, 2025, at the age of 95, was laid to rest on Saturday,
Namibians mourn the death of the country’s ‘founding father’
African leaders and residents of Namibia gathered on Saturday (March 1) to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma. At the funeral, current President Nangolo Mbumba spoke of Nujoma's leadership in challenging colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa's racist white minority government.
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Namibia: Information Ministry Denies Media Restrictions At Nujoma's Funeral
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has denied restricting the media during founding president Sam Nujoma's funeral at Heroes' Acre in Windhoek on Saturday - but journalists ...
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PICTORIAL: At State Burial, Tinubu Hails Ex-President Nujoma’s Legacy Of Sacrifice, Freedom, Justice
President Bola Tinubu has paid glowing tribute to the late founding President of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Sam Shafiishuna ...
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Namibia: Tinubu eulogizes late Nujoma’s legacy
Tinubu noted that Dr Nujoma’s demise was not an exit from space and time, but the wake of his immortality in the minds of ...
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Namibia: Govt Spends N$30 Million On Flying Nujoma Across Namibia
The government will spend about N$30 million on expenses related to transporting founding president Sam Nujoma's body across the country.