Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s most memorable president and a vital figure in the country’s freedom from South African rule, has passed on at 95 years old in the capital, Windhoek.
His passing was reported with “most extreme distress and misery” by Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba on Sunday.
Nujoma, a progressive chief, was instrumental in Namibia’s battle for freedom. He helped tracked down the South West Individuals’ Association (Swapo) during the 1960s, driving the development contrary to South African rule. At the point when Namibia acquired freedom in 1990, he turned into its most memorable fairly chosen president, serving until 2005.
During his administration, Nujoma focused on public solidarity, carrying out a strategy of compromise that urged white Namibians to stay in the nation and add to the economy. His administration additionally advocated ladies’ and kids’ privileges, presenting arrangements, for example, compulsory kid support for fathers of youngsters conceived illegitimately.
President Mbumba hailed Nujoma as “the dad of the country,” applauding his part in getting harmony and solidness for Namibia. VP Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, set to turn into Namibia’s next president in Spring, acknowledged him for establishing the groundwork for a free and joined country.
African pioneers have additionally communicated sympathies. African Association Commission Director Moussa Faki Mahamat referred to Nujoma as “the encapsulation of mental fortitude”, while South African President Cyril Ramaphosa depicted him as an “remarkable political dissident” who assumed a crucial part in destroying white-minority rule in both Namibia and South Africa.
Numerous Namibians have responded with profound distress, recalling Nujoma as an image of flexibility and initiative. President Mbumba, apparently profound, visited his home to give sympathies to his significant other, Kovambo Theopoldine Katjimune, and family.
Burial service courses of action are yet to be declared as the country grieves the death of its principal architect.