Namibia asks for items linked to Dr Sam Nujoma from anyone who has them. These will go in a museum at the new SWAPO headquarters building in the capital city.
Dr Nujoma passed away on February 8, 2025, at the age of 95, in a Windhoek hospital. People celebrated his work at home and across the area.
President Mnangagwa and other country leaders will attend Dr Nujoma's memorial service at Independence Stadium today. The Sadc chairperson plans to speak there.
The freedom fighter will be buried at Namibia's National Heroes' Acre tomorrow. President Mnangagwa should arrive this morning and will join the ceremony.
Earlier, President Mnangagwa wrote in the condolence book at the Namibian Embassy in Harare that the Pan-Africanists made big changes across the region.
Yesterday, Namibian President Dr Nangolo Mbumba met Dr Nujoma's body at Hosea Kutako International Airport. This started the Khomas Regional Route Procession for people to say goodbye to their liberator.
At this same airport, once called JG Strydom Airport, Dr Nujoma famously kissed the ground when he came back on September 14, 1989. He returned to an almost free Namibia as a hero, ending his 30-year forced time away.
Dr Nujoma then led independent Namibia from 1990 to 2005. Others at the airport included Namibia's President-Elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, and Dr Nujoma's oldest son, Utoni Nujoma.
Khomas, Namibia's biggest region, which includes the capital, Windhoek, was the eighth and last area to hold the regional procession. The government declared national mourning after Dr Nujoma died.
Thousands of Namibians of all ages, plus security forces, stood along Windhoek streets to see Dr Nujoma's casket. They paid final respects to the Pan-Africanist leader.
The ruling Swapo party also showed Dr Nujoma's statue at their new headquarters in the capital. The statue shows Dr Nujoma holding a child who lived through the Cassinga Massacre. More than 600 people died when South African soldiers attacked a Swapo camp in Angola on May 4, 1978.
Namibians use that day to remember their hard path to freedom. When Dr Nujoma's body traveled around Windhoek, the group stopped briefly at Swapo offices during the party event.
Later, Swapo held a memorial service for Dr. Nujoma at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. During the statue event, President-elect Nandi-Ndaitwah explained that after Dr. Nujoma died, the party decided to turn his office into a museum.
"We planned an office for the founding President in this building, you see. Since he has left us, the office will become the Sam Nujoma Museum. We will keep his valuable things like diaries and books to save history for today's and future people," she said.
"We ask anyone, Namibians and non-Namibians, who have valuable historic items related to the founding President, to please give them to the museum."
President-elect Nandi-Ndaitwah said history books will remember Dr Nujoma for his work to free his people.
"That is why the body of our founding President and father to Namibia, leader of our revolution, stopped at our headquarters. Our party, the nation, Africa, and the world have lost a true Pan Africanist, a symbol of our freedom struggle, a support beam and source of wisdom," she said.
The President elect said the nearly finished party headquarters fulfilled Dr Nujoma's dream.
"He greets these headquarters and feels happy his dream, his hope came true. He looks forward to all dreams and hopes coming true, including bringing better lives to Namibian people," she said.
"We honor you, comrade, our leader, our commander, our hero. Travel well; your work lives on."
After yesterday's procession, Dr Nujoma's body went to Parliament Gardens, where it stayed on display.
Dr Nujoma passed away on February 8, 2025, at the age of 95, in a Windhoek hospital. People celebrated his work at home and across the area.
President Mnangagwa and other country leaders will attend Dr Nujoma's memorial service at Independence Stadium today. The Sadc chairperson plans to speak there.
The freedom fighter will be buried at Namibia's National Heroes' Acre tomorrow. President Mnangagwa should arrive this morning and will join the ceremony.
Earlier, President Mnangagwa wrote in the condolence book at the Namibian Embassy in Harare that the Pan-Africanists made big changes across the region.
Yesterday, Namibian President Dr Nangolo Mbumba met Dr Nujoma's body at Hosea Kutako International Airport. This started the Khomas Regional Route Procession for people to say goodbye to their liberator.
At this same airport, once called JG Strydom Airport, Dr Nujoma famously kissed the ground when he came back on September 14, 1989. He returned to an almost free Namibia as a hero, ending his 30-year forced time away.
Dr Nujoma then led independent Namibia from 1990 to 2005. Others at the airport included Namibia's President-Elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, and Dr Nujoma's oldest son, Utoni Nujoma.
Khomas, Namibia's biggest region, which includes the capital, Windhoek, was the eighth and last area to hold the regional procession. The government declared national mourning after Dr Nujoma died.
Thousands of Namibians of all ages, plus security forces, stood along Windhoek streets to see Dr Nujoma's casket. They paid final respects to the Pan-Africanist leader.
The ruling Swapo party also showed Dr Nujoma's statue at their new headquarters in the capital. The statue shows Dr Nujoma holding a child who lived through the Cassinga Massacre. More than 600 people died when South African soldiers attacked a Swapo camp in Angola on May 4, 1978.
Namibians use that day to remember their hard path to freedom. When Dr Nujoma's body traveled around Windhoek, the group stopped briefly at Swapo offices during the party event.
Later, Swapo held a memorial service for Dr. Nujoma at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. During the statue event, President-elect Nandi-Ndaitwah explained that after Dr. Nujoma died, the party decided to turn his office into a museum.
"We planned an office for the founding President in this building, you see. Since he has left us, the office will become the Sam Nujoma Museum. We will keep his valuable things like diaries and books to save history for today's and future people," she said.
"We ask anyone, Namibians and non-Namibians, who have valuable historic items related to the founding President, to please give them to the museum."
President-elect Nandi-Ndaitwah said history books will remember Dr Nujoma for his work to free his people.
"That is why the body of our founding President and father to Namibia, leader of our revolution, stopped at our headquarters. Our party, the nation, Africa, and the world have lost a true Pan Africanist, a symbol of our freedom struggle, a support beam and source of wisdom," she said.
The President elect said the nearly finished party headquarters fulfilled Dr Nujoma's dream.
"He greets these headquarters and feels happy his dream, his hope came true. He looks forward to all dreams and hopes coming true, including bringing better lives to Namibian people," she said.
"We honor you, comrade, our leader, our commander, our hero. Travel well; your work lives on."
After yesterday's procession, Dr Nujoma's body went to Parliament Gardens, where it stayed on display.
