Swapo was unprepared for Founding Father's death: Shaningwa

NAMPA

2025-02-10

WINDHOEK, 04 February 2025- Swapo Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa during the remembrance ceremony of late President Hage Geingob at Heroes’ Acre. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 10 FEB (NAMPA) - Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has said the party was unprepared for the death of its founding president, despite his extended hospitalisation.
Sam Nujoma, the longtime Swapo president, passed away in a Windhoek hospital on Saturday.
In a statement on Sunday, Shaningwa said Nujoma worked tirelessly for Namibia’s freedom since the formation of Swapo in 1960.
“Although our founding president has not been w...

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