Geingob laid to rest at Heroes’ Acre

Geingob laid to rest at Heroes’ Acre

The late President Hage Geingob was laid to rest at the Heroes’ Acre outside Windhoek on Sunday. Geingob was accorded a 21-gun salute before being laid to rest in one of four mausoleums at the national shrine. Namibia’s third Head of State died at a hospital in Windhoek on 04 February 2024, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Speaking at the burial, chief mourner President Nangolo Mbumba said Geingob has […]

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China hopes Namibia continues Geingob’s mission

Jiang Zuojun, Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said his country firmly believes that the people of Namibia will carry on the mission of late President Hage Geingob, making strides in national development and revitalisation. Zuojun, who was speaking at the memorial service of the late president, said for nearly 10 years under the leadership of Geingob, Namibia enjoyed a stable society, sound economic development, and constant […]

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Mbumba urges Namibians to honour Geingob by executing their mandates

Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba has said one of the best ways Namibians can honour the late President Hage Geingob is for them to continue executing their mandates on the basis of accountability, transparency, honesty and commitment. Mbumba, who made these remarks at the late president’s official memorial service in Windhoek on Saturday, added that Namibians should understand that, as the late president used to say, “Without effective governance and without […]

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Zambia to rename roads after Geingob and Nujoma

President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema said that a decision was taken to rename two of the roads after the late President Hage Geingob and Founding President Sam Nujoma. Hichilema revealed this during Geingob’s memorial service held on Saturday in Windhoek. “We as the people of Zambia have taken a decision to rename one of our critical roads after President Geingob,” he said, adding that another road will also be renamed […]

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Geingob burial underway at Heroes’ Acre

The burial of Namibia’s third President, Dr Hage Geingob, is underway, with a multitude of mourners gathered at the national shrine just outside the nation’s capital, Windhoek. The former Head of State is receiving a hero’s funeral and his remains will be interred in a specially built mausoleum at Heroes’ Acre. He will also be sent off with a 21-gun salute by the Namibian Defence Force. The burial ceremony is […]

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It is high time to tender an apology to the Namibian people: Steinmeier

Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says it is high time that Germany apologises to Namibia for the genocide it inflicted on the Nama and Ovaherero people between 1904 and 1908. He was speaking at the memorial service of the late President Hage Geingob here on Saturday. Geingob died on 04 February and is set to be buried on Sunday. Steinmeier said he spoke to Geingob late last year and the Namibian […]

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‘Hage was our north star’: Monica Geingos

Former First Lady Monica Geingos described her late husband, President Hage Geingob, as a ‘north star’ who has left a map with clear directions of love and unity. Speaking at Geingob’s final memorial service held at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday, she said Geingob was dedicated to building an inclusive, united Namibia that lived up to its potential of integration of cultures and lack of tribalism – similar […]

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German president tenders apology to the nation

Speaking during the State memorial service of late President Hage Geingob at Independence Stadium on Saturday German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that Germany commits to a path of reconciliation, and thus he had to apologize to the Namibian people on behalf of his country with regards the 1904-1908 genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama communities. "It is high time to take responsibility and tender an apology to the Namibian people […]

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Keynote tribute by His Excellency Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia on the occasion of the Memorial Service of the Third President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob

Fellow Mourners; Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Three weeks ago, on the 4th of February 2024, Namibia and the world at large, woke up to a shock that was seismic in scale and in impact. On that fateful day, a towering baobab tree which had become a permanent fixture in the daily lives of Namibians, was uprooted and fell. It was the day that the nation let out a loud […]

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