‘Thank you, Tatekulu’, says former State House waitress

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2025-03-02

MARIENTAL, 26 February 2025 - Andoline Luipert, an instructor at the Kai //Ganaxab Youth Training Centre in Mariental who was Founding President Sam Nujoma's former personal waitress at State House. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois ) NAMPA

By Charmaine Boois
MARIENTAL, 02 MAR (NAMPA) – At the age of 19 in 1992, Andoline Luipert started working as Sam Nujoma’s personal waitress at State House and accompanied him on trips to various countries.
With his support a few years later, she was able to receive a Commonwealth bursary to study Tourism and Hospitality in Cyprus, a small island located between Turkey and Greece.
Today, thanks to that opportunity, she has built a successful caree...

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