Life in exile was bearable because of Nujoma: Iivula-Ithana

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2025-02-09

WINDHOEK, 12 July 1996 - Prime Minister Hage Geingob gestures as he talks to President Sam Nujoma at Eros Airport upon the President's return from his State visit to Spain, Cameroon and Gabon. (Photo by: Joseph Nekaya) NAMPA

RUNDU, 09 FEB (NAMPA) – Namibian politician Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has said her time in exile, and that of many other Swapo members, was bearable because Founding Father Dr Sam Nujoma was like a father to them.
She was speaking to Nampa in an interview on Sunday after visiting Nujoma’s residence following the announcement of his passing in Windhoek Saturday.
“When some of us left this country in 1974, we were young and still under the tutelage o...

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