Former DTA MP Mwilima dies aged 70

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2026-02-12

WINDHOEK, 06 FEBRUARY 2023 - Former DTA parliamentarian Geoffrey Mwilima. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 FEB (NAMPA) - Geoffrey Mwilima, a former Member of Parliament for the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), died on Thursday morning at the age of 70.

He died at a private hospital in Windhoek, where he had been receiving medical treatment.

Mwilima’s death comes just over a month after his release from prison in December last year.

He had been serving a 15-year sentence following his conviction in 2015 on charges of murder and tre...

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